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Kuchisake-onna ( 口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman')[ 1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She is most often described as having long ...
The Smiling Girl, thought to be by Johannes Vermeer, was donated by collector Andrew W. Mellon in 1937 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now widely considered to be a fake, the painting was claimed by the Vermeer expert Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. in a 1995 study to be by a 20th-century artist and forger, Theo van Wijngaarden, a friend of Han van Meegeren.
The Mona Lisa ( / ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə / MOH-nə LEE-sə; Italian: Gioconda [dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza]; French: Joconde [ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, [ 4][ 5] it has been described as "the best known, the ...
A high-school yearbook database dating to the 1900s shows how hairstyles, clothing and smiles have changed. Here's an odd fact: Turn-of-the-century photographers used to tell subjects to say ...
Sydney Sweeney is a certified It girl with major style appeal to prove it.. She could probably pull off a red carpet moment in her sleep, she’s willing to take risks at iconic events like the ...
Date apprehended. 30 March 1995. Imprisoned at. Oregon State Penitentiary. Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and ...
Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image (1625) by Gerard van Honthorst. Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image, also known in Dutch as Een Laggende Vrouw met een naakte Pourtraitje in de Hand, waar onder divisje staat ("A laughing woman holding a small picture of a nude in her hand, under which is a motto") or Jonge vrouw met een medaillon ("Young Woman with a ...
Mona Lisa's smile has repeatedly been a subject of many—greatly varying—interpretations. Many researchers have tried to explain why the smile is seen so differently by people. The explanations range from scientific theories about human vision to curious supposition about Mona Lisa's identity and feelings.