About The Thesis - Making thesis interesting

How about add more things into a famous painting?

Thinking as the artist, then bring all things back to the "truth(imaging.)" Going back to the period and the time that the painting is creating. Imaging what was happening.

Here is an example:
If Leonardo was drawing Mona Lisa. Where he was drawing this image? Who was the model? How was the environment? Was it interior? Or exterior? Were there any other things around the artist? (such as tea pot, food, etc.)

Also thinking about lighting!