It’s arguably the. World most famous painting today , but how did it achieve its status ,Leonardo is thought to have started portrait in 1503 , at request of a Florentine business man ,who want to portrait of his wife ,(Lisa Gherardini ), Leonardo continued working on the painting for more than ten years , but with unfinished by the time he died ,over his life time ,Leonardo can (conduct groundbreaking ) studies on human optics ,which let him (pioneer ) a certain artistic techniques ,some can be seen in the menalisa ,using (atmosphere ) perspective , he make images at great distance (hazier ) ,producing (the illusion) of profound depth .and with sfumato ,he created subtle gradations between colors ,that’s softened the edges of the forms he depicted . All of this is striking
portrait 肖像
groundbreaking 动工 开创性的
pioneer 先锋
optics 光学
hazier 朦胧的 模糊的
illusion 错觉 幻觉
profound 深刻的
subtle gradations 微妙的层次
depicted 描绘