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Mug thrown at da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Aug. 11, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the "Mona Lisa", came under attack from a teacup, it emerged Tuesday, but the world's most famous painting emerged with its enigmatic smile undimmed.
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Woman recreates art with veggies

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A Chinese artist said her vegetable recreations of famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and others have sold for up to $2,000.

New technology offers Mona Lisa info

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- New technology has revealed details about one of the world's most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci.

'Mona Lisa' model's burial site found

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The burial site for Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been found in a former convent in Florence.

Experts reveal Mona Lisa was recent mother

OTTAWA, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A group of Canadian and French scientists say that the famed subject of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" had recently given birth to a son.

Mona Lisa copy gives insight on original

LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Scholars say a copy of the enigmatic Mona Lisa, scheduled to go on display at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery, may show what the original once looked like.

Da Vinci portrayed in Italian cartoon

ROME, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Leonardo da Vinci is the subject of an Italian cartoon series that reportedly plays fast and loose with details of his life.

Study: Mona Lisa neither man nor da Vinci

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 7 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois scientist says Mona Lisa probably wasn't a man, and it's even more unlikely it was a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.

Computer says Mona Lisa was happy

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A University of Amsterdam computer used emotion recognition software to determine Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was happy.

da Vinci's Florence workshop found

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The long-sought studio where Leonardo da Vinci created art in Renaissance Florence has been found at a fresco-embellished monastery.

Mona Lisa has less to smile about

PARIS, April 26 (UPI) -- Mona Lisa's smile may turn into a scowl if Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait isn't restored, experts at the Louvre museum warned Monday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch