G : What are you looking at, Billy?
B : This is a copy of my favorite painting. It’s the
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
G : Why is that your favorite painting?
B : Well, there are a few things that make the Mona
Lisa great. First, she has no eyebrows. Second,
she has a really beautiful smile. Most of all, I
like the soft colors of the painting. Have you
seen the Mona Lisa before? It is a very famous
painting!
G : Of course! I’ve seen the painting a few times
before. But I never noticed that her eyebrows are
missing. I wonder why she has no eyebrows. Do
you know why?
B : At the time da Vinci painted it, it was fashionable
for young Italian girls to shave off their eyebrows.
Every girl wanted to be fashionable.
G : Wow! That’s really interesting! In what year was
the Mona Lisa painted?
B : I think it was painted sometime between 1503
and 1505.
G : I wonder what a modern Mona Lisa would look
like.
B : She might have purple hair!