Mona Lisa's secret's out
2005-12-14 10:40
Paris - Now it's official: Mona Lisa was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry.
That's the conclusion of a University of Amsterdam computer that applied "emotion-recognition software" to Leonardo da Vinci's work, the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturday's issue.
The algorithm, developed in conjunction with the University of Illinois, tries to assess the human mood by examining key features such as the curvature of the lips and crinkles around the eyes, then makes a score with respect to six basic emotions.
- AFP