Art lovers around the world think about this question for so many years: why does Mona Lisa smile?
However, they can ask Mona Lisa herself in the show in Beijing. It brings the 500-year-old painting to life.
Now Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting (画) can move her head and wave (挥舞) her hand in 3D, and even answer questions. She can answer the questions about her life, her age and so on. But when she talks she doesn't speak Italian but Chinese like "Da jia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gao xing jian dao ni men."
The new digital (数码的) picture of Mona Lisa is the center piece of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing. You can also see other world-famous paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Last Supper is another picture that they made alive (活的) with 3D. In this picture, Jesus (耶稣) can walk and talk with his believers (信徒).
It took Wang Hui and over 400 digital artists in South Korea two years to make the picture, at a cost of about 50, 000, 000 yuan.
He says, "What's special about it is that it's the first time to use computer technology (技术) to make her speak and move."
So what does Mona Lisa say if you ask her: "Why are you smiling?"
