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1、DidMonaLisaSufferFromHighCholesterol?MonaLisa'sbeautycomesasmuchfromwhatshe'shidingaswhatshereveals.Whoisshelookingat?Whathastriggeredthatfamoussmile?Issheevensmilingatall?Arthistorianshavededucedinthatsingularlymysteriousvisageeverythingfromacross-dressingself-portr
2、aitofLeonardodaVincitotheknowingglanceofanunfaithfulwifetothesatisfiedprideofapregnantwoman.BobDylanonceevenofferedupavery20thcenturyAmericanconclusiononthematter:"MonaLisamust'vehadthehighwayblues."ASicilianprofessorofpathologicalanatomyhascomeupwiththelatestandwhat
3、isarguablytheleastpoeticexplanationimaginableforwhyMonaLisalooksthewayshedoes:highcholesterol.VitoFrancooftheUniversityofPalermohasspenthissparetimeapplyinghismedicalexpertisetothestudyoffamoussubjectsofRenaissanceartworks.Andinthefirstformalcollectionofhisfindings,F
4、rancohasconcludedthatthewomanwhoItalianscall"LaGioconda"sufferedfromxanthelasma,theaccumulationofcholesteroljustundertheskin.FrancotoldtheLaStampadailythisweekthathespottedclearsignsoftheconditionaroundMonaLisa'slefteye,aswellasevidenceofalipoma,afattytissuetumor,onh
5、errighthand.Hardlyaflatteringdiagnosisforoneofhistory'smostenchantingbeauties.ButFranco,whopresentedhisfindingsataEuropeancongressonhumanpathologyinFlorencelastfall,sayshisobjectiveisnottobleedthelyricismoutofartbutrathertorenderthelivesofthesubjectsmorevivid."Illnes
6、sispartofthebody,notametaphysicorsupernaturaldimension,"VitotoldLaStampa."Andsoinrevealingtheirphysicality,thepeopledepictedexposetheirhumanvulnerabilityindependentlyfromourawarenessoftheauthorsofthework."Amongthesome100workshe'sstudied,whichalsoincludeEgyptiansculpt
7、uresandcontemporarypaintings,FrancoisparticularlyfondofexploringthosedepictingailmentsduringtheEuropeanRenaissance.Amonghisconclusions:theSpanishchild,Margarita,inDiegoVelázquez'sLasMeninaslikelysufferedfrombothathyroidconditionknownasgoiterandthegeneticdisorderlinke
8、dtoprematurepuberty,McCune-Albrightsyndrome.TheunusuallylongthinfingersoftheyoungnoblemaninSandroBotticelli'sPortraitofaYoungMan,wh
