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Which Artist made Cubism Famous?
Pablo Picasso
Why does the author say that Leonardo was born to the wrong parents?
His parents are not married.
Other answers:
Dad comes from wealthy society and mother is a peasant.
What was the first real clue that they discovered on the glass from the painting?
A thumbprint
What is the name of the person in the Mona Lisa?
Lisa Gherardini
What was Pablo Picasso wearing when he shows up to court? (Thank you Nicholas Day for this trivia question!)
Red-and-white polka-dotted shirt and clashing tie.
Who was put in charge of finding the Mona Lisa?
Luis Lepine
What famous underpainting did Leonardo walk away from in Florence?
How did the thief of the Mona Lisa know about the poor security?
A journalist wrote about spending the night there
In what city does Leonardo receive his first commission? It is also the city where Mona Lisa is born just a short walk away.
Florence
Who stole statues from the Louvre?
Gery Pieret also known as Baron Ignance d'Ormesan
Who was the greatest thief at the time of the theft?
Adam Worth
What famous painter mocks Leonardo for not producing a giant bronze horse in Milan?
Michelangelo (and Everyone agrees that Michelangelo was a jerk)
Where did the man in charge of security think the Mona Lisa was?
Being Photographed
What dowry does Mona Lisa have to wed silk merchant Francesco Del Giocondo?
Mona Lisa's father offers the deed to a farm outside of Florence
What anti-government group was Pablo Picasso known to be friends with?
Anarchist
Who insisted that the security/museum find out when the Mona Lisa would be back?
Lewis Beroud
What happens to Leonardo when the Pope finds out about him skinning three corpses?
He's told to stop
Why did detectives think it was an inside job?
Any similar answer to the one below:
When they recreated the heist it took outsiders 5 minutes to get the painting down. Workers recreated the heist and it took them 3-5 seconds to get the painting down.
Finish this sentence...
The Mona Lisa it's a painting that breaks all the rules--but it is of a woman who could _________. (two words)
And why?
Break None. Because she was not allowed to leave the house, most Florentine women stayed inside.
Who invited Gery Pieret to live with him then given him money to move out?
Guillaume Apollinaire
Who inherits the Mona Lisa and who do they sell it to?
A long time assistant sell the Mona Lisa to the King of France.
Where does Leonardo go after leaving Florence and what does he do for the court when he is introduced?
Milan and plays the lyre
Other acceptable answers:
Milan and pretends to be a musician
Who was the thief, what sentence did the thief get, how did the public react?
Any similar answer:
Vincenzo Perugia. He was sentenced to the time he'd already spent in prison. He was released to wild applause.
Mona Lisa is born with no dowry because her father was left with no income, burned homes, and smashed possessions. Name the Pope and his actions that lead Mona Lisa's father's lack of wealth.
Any similar answer:
Pope Sixtus IV, led a coup against the Medicis and their supporters. He cut Florence off from the Roman Catholic Church. Banned Mass and Holy Communion, claimed all Medici money and property in Rome and Florence.
True or False
Apollinaire admits to stealing the Mona Lisa
False
He admits he'd stolen art from the Louvre and that he sheltered Pieret and helped him escape. That he also signed a manifesto to burn the Louvre to the ground, but he did not admit to stealing the Mona Lisa.