According to the Mirror,
A PUZZLE that has baffled art lovers for five centuries has been “solved” at last - by computer.Now historians may themselves be glad to know the state of mind behind the Mona Lisa’s smile is happiness. Well, 83 per cent happiness.For the “emotion recognition” software used to decipher the enigmatic expression painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506 also found La Gioconda - the alternative name of the renowned Italian’s work - was experiencing three other feelings.The sitter, most probably the wife of a leading Florence citizen of the day Francesco del Giocondo, was also nine per cent disgusted, six per cent fearful and two per cent angry.
Two percent sounds a little low.
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