The Secret of Leonardo da Vinci’s Interactive Masterpiece
Recreating the subtle illusion behind an elusive smile
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10 min readJan 9, 2022
TL;DR This article uses image processing to examine the Mona Lisa Effect- an expression that seems to change depending on where you are looking. After verifying the perceptual mechanism leading to the elusive smile, the theory is tested by trying to create a modified Mona Lisa…
