The L'art de vivre is a very surreal and unusual portrait. When translated L'art de vivre means "The art of Live." It was painted by Rene Magritte. The focal point of L'art de vivre is definitely the characters orange head. The character is in front of a clearly drawn mountain range. This painting reminds me of something I would see in a dream.

These paintings have very few similarities. The Mona Lisa and L'art de vivre are both smiling and they both make you wonder why. The number of differences out numbers the number of similarities. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of an actual person while the L'art de vivre is totally surreal. The background is very dull and blurry in the Mona Lisa. The mountain range in L'art de vivre is very clearly painted and colored. Overall, the L'art de vivre uses very vivid colors and the Mona Lisa is very dark. These paintings are almost completely different.