2nd draft of "My favorite piece of art"

200603322 Hyun Kyoung Cha

 My Favorite Piece of Art

My favorite piece of art has to be the famous portrait called Mona Lisa, drawn by
Leonardo da Vinci. People might think it is strange to like such a drawing of just a plain
dull-looking woman, but it brings out a strange feeling inside me. When I look into the picture,

into the thin eyes of Mona Lisa, I feel as if the picture is staring back at me making the

impression that she has something to say to me. But then when I look again, she looks

as if she's hiding something making me absorb into the picture. The facial expression is hard to

read if she is happy or sad. The end of her lips with a slight smile makes me wonder if she's

really smiling or hiding her sadness beneath. I think that it is hard to find out what she really

feels like because of her faint eyebrows. The way she sits there with a unnatural pose,

uncertain face expression makes me want to know more about her.
Another reason I like Mona Lisa the best is because the story of the painting is actually
a bit romantic. It says that the portrait is actually of Leonardo's wife while she was in
a state of depression. Leonardo made her wife smile by calling musicians and clowns
to make a pleasant atmosphere, and she did smile in the end. I sometimes surf through
the internet and realize once again that it really is "a piece of art" that makes me more and more

interested and curious whenever I take another look at it.