Book presentation
She was the subject of the most famous painting on earth. We know her name—Lisa Gherardini—but until now, her life has remained a mystery. Not anymore. Thanks to author Dianne Hales, the life of the girl with the iconic smile is no longer unknowable. In MONA LISA: A Life Discovered (Simon & Schuster, August 5 2014), the author, whose bestselling La Bella Lingua earned her an Italian knighthood, reveals, through years of dogged research, the facts of Lisa’s life. Dianne Hales’s discovery that Lisa Gherardini “was a real woman who lived in Florence 500 years ago” was the beginning of her decades-long quest to know the details of that life, the events and people who would have an influence on the way she lived, and a period that would give rise to a group of uncommonly creative artists who would become the stuff of legend.
IIC in collaboration with IACE ( Italian American Committee on Education) is proud to present the new ‘ La Bella Lingua’ Italian classes at the end of the event with signed copy of “ La Bella Lingua” book by acclaimed author Dianne Hales.
A reception-sponsored by IACE- will follow at 6,30pm