For not being granted French nationality, an angry Russian woman hurls an empty cup at Leonardo Da Vinci's best work, the Mona Lisa on August 2nd. Fortunately the painting didn't get harmed thanks to the bullet proof glass that covers it. The woman faces legal action from the French police.
pfft, another arbitrary french law restricting people's freedom of expression
(yes, I'm being sarcastic)
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Thanks for stating that inimalist, otherwise I would have had to inform someone of that at some point in this thread.
Terrible. She must have REALLY not wanted to go back to Russia. So in order to protest she was going to damage one of the most important art works ever.
Logic is there, of course.
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I don't see how the Mona Lisa is 'one of the most important art works ever', but the ignorant Cossack should have her hands cut off, an Italian painted it; it's only in France because the French are a bunch of piece of shit thieves. **** them in their frog asses.
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I am aware who Da Vinci is and where he is from, and I don't see why should she have her hands cut off because an Italian painted the painting?
British History Museum is filled with things that are not British - in fact almost everything in there was either stolen or bought, or stolen but passed off as bought, so what?
And Mona Lisa is important, because it is easily the most famous painting in the world...which was about to be damaged.
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The Italian aspect was aimed towards the Cossack; not you, for damaging Italian property because she's upset with France. Hands being cut off is because she's an idiot.
Pointing out other thievery doesn't take away from the Mona Lisa belonging in Italy.
Most famous, I agree. I don't see it being most important.
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Last edited by Robtard on Aug 16th, 2009 at 02:57 AM
Well that's great, because I did not say it was most important, I said it was one of.
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I don't see any painting being important to the world. If the Mona Lisa burned today, sure it'd be an irreplaceable loss, but it wouldn't really matter, humanity and the world would continue as is.
Same goes for the likes of Il David, sure it was an experience seeing and being close to something that old and having its history, but important? I don't see how.
Now art that has historical significance, maybe something that connects to an important event or some link, sure, I can see that. But just a piece of subjective beauty, I don't connect the "importance" aspect.
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Last edited by Robtard on Aug 16th, 2009 at 08:58 AM
Its uniqueness, its craftmanship and who its craftsman was, and the fact that it had survived as long as it has, along with the fact, as Robtard pointed out about it not being the best protest against France due to it's Italian origin are a couple of reasons not destroy the Mona Lisa.
Especially it as an argument so relatively trivial as about a visa.
Besides If I come to one of your houses once and get upset that you wont let me take up permanent residency, ways of showing you that I would make an ideal tennant would NOT include shitting on the floor and throwing the shit all over your expensive rug/TV set.
If she wanted to stay by forcing the french to let her stay- even in prison- then rather than attempting to destroy a timeless work, she coulda just slapped a cop round the face a few times.
"This must have been purely to attract the pubicity to her cause/plight".. is the only thing that I can think of, logicwise for her defence......which still doesnt excuse her seeming ignorance/arrogance.
Or the statue of liberty....though she probably won't get a visa for the US either.
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No, no, no, while it's French made, it was a gift and the property of the U.S.
True, the whole "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is obsolete. If she was smart, she should book a flight to Mexico and then cross into the U.S. that way.
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