er, well, da vinci was also showing his feminist side through the painting. the background on the left side [the woman's side] is higher then the right side [the man's side]. he was sending a message that women should not be suppressed, that they are, in fact, in some ways more competent than men.
the smile is also a large part of the painting. in that time period, most people who wanted portraits wore their sternest faces and painters would make them prettier than they were in proportion to the money the family would pay.
we don't know who the model for the mona lisa was, and we don't know if she was a client or a grab from the street because da vinci was inspired by her, but either he asked her to smile or she smiled and thus we have the mysterious smile that says 'i know something you don't know.' also, da vinci most likely painted her much closer to her actual appearance than any other portrait from this time period.
just some reasons why the mona lisa might be considered the 'citizen kane' of painting in its contemporary time.
I probably would've laughed and given her 50 bucks. I think the Mona Lisa is an incredibly overrated piece of artwork, and would not be affected by its destruction in any way other than mild entertainment.
What the hell's so captivating about her smile? She looks like she has Down's syndrome to me.
Da Vinci Was amazing if others had the technology ,he could have worked wonders for world. Im sorry but thats not okay, that is really not okay . she should get executed (if she had harmed it). but since she didn't she should get life sentence . (yes im being dramatic and taking it to an extreme)
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Bardock42 is a whimpering pussy now who lost his flare to debate vigorously and just spouts senseless and thinly veiled puns here and there. You nazi pr*ck. Get your balls back from whoever you sold them to, you fat f*ck. What happened to the manly, chubby German big mouth we once knew, who'd flatten ignorance with a solid argument? Now it's like Andy Dick meets John Candy. You hybrid beefcake. Suck my c*ck
Technically you haven't been called it this time either.
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Da vinci took 4 years out of his life to create that work of art , its practically a national symbol to italians, Wickerman . since you obviously have no understanding of art im not going to bother convincing you.
__________________ This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
so anyone who doesn't think the Mona Lisa is a treasure to humanity doesn't understand art?
LOL
tell me, what are your thoughts on Mapplethorpe's "Portfolio X"? or Serrano's "A History of Sex"?
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I'm sorry, since when is not "understanding" art considered more despisable than wanting to kill someone for destroying a work of art?
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Bardock42 is a whimpering pussy now who lost his flare to debate vigorously and just spouts senseless and thinly veiled puns here and there. You nazi pr*ck. Get your balls back from whoever you sold them to, you fat f*ck. What happened to the manly, chubby German big mouth we once knew, who'd flatten ignorance with a solid argument? Now it's like Andy Dick meets John Candy. You hybrid beefcake. Suck my c*ck
I was referring to wickerman ,
but to all sorry if Ive made myself look like a huge b*tch , I'm defensive about things I admire.
__________________ This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
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Aug 27th, 2009 06:23 PM
but yeah, do you think it's a self portrait? I do.
