Ngichazele izici zeMonalisa ezenza ibe umsebenzi wobuciko
Context:Njengoba ibhekwa njengomsebenzi wobuciko oyingqopha-mlando weNkathi Yokuvuselelwa Kwezwe Yase-Italy, iye yachazwa ngokuthi "umsebenzi wobuciko owaziwa kakhulu, ovakashelwa kakhulu, okulotshwe ngawo kakhulu, ohlatshelelwa kakhulu ngawo, nohlekisayo kakhulu emhlabeni". Izimfanelo ezintsha zalo mdwebo zihlanganisa ukubonakaliswa okuyimfihlakalo kwesibonakaliso, ukwakheka kwesakhiwo, ukwakheka okucashile kwamafomu, kanye nokukhohlisa komkhathi.  Lo mdwebo uye wabonakala ngokucacile ukuthi ubonisa owesifazane waseNtaliyane ohloniphekile uLisa del Giocondo. Idwetshwe ngamafutha epanini elimhlophe likaphayini waseLombardy. ULeonardo akazange awunikeze umkhaya wakwaGiocondo lo mdwebo, futhi kukholakala ukuthi kamuva wawushiyela umfundi wakhe ayemthanda uSalaì. Kukholakala ukuthi wadwetshwa phakathi kuka-1503 no-1506; noma kunjalo, kungenzeka ukuthi uLeonardo waqhubeka esebenza kuwo kwaze kwaba ngu-1517. Yathengwa yiNkosi uFrancis I yaseFrance futhi manje iseyimpahla yeRiphabhuliki yaseFrance. Sekuyisikhathi eside sikhona eLouvre eParis kusukela ngo-1797.  Udumo nokuthandwa kwalo mdwebo emhlabeni wonke kwaqhamuka ekubiweni kwawo ngo-1911 nguVincenzo Peruggia, owathi izenzo zakhe zazibangelwa ukuthanda izwe lase-Italy - inkolelo yokuthi kufanele kube ngeyase-Italy. Ukwebiwa nokutholwa okwalandela ngo-1914 kwaveza udumo olungakaze lube khona lokwebiwa kobuciko, futhi kwaholela ekushicilelweni kwezithombe eziningi zamasiko ezifana ne-opera ka-1915 iMona Lisa, amafilimu amabili okuqala ngawo-1930 (The Theft of the Mona Lisa and Arsène Lupin) kanye nengoma iMona Lisa eqoshwe nguNat King Cole - enye yezingoma eziphumelele kakhulu ngawo-1950.  UMona Lisa ungomunye wemidwebo eyigugu kakhulu emhlabeni. Iphethe irekhodi leGuinness World for the highest-known painting insurance valuation emlandweni ngo-US $ 100 million ngo-1962 okulingana no- $ 1 billion kusukela ngo-2023.
Ukubonakaliswa okuyimfihlakalo kwesithombe, ubukhulu bokwakheka kwaso, ukwakheka kwaso ngobuciko, kanye nokukhohlisa kwaso okumangalisayo kwenza iMona Lisa yaba omunye wemidwebo eyigugu kakhulu emhlabeni.