In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators. They leave people with unanswered questions.
The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor and architect Leonardo da Vinci. It as created sometime between 1503 and 1519, when he was living in Florence. ("Mona Lisa By Leonardo Da Vinci Arts." UKessay.com. 11 2013. All Answers Ltd. 01 2018) It now hangs in the Louvre, in Paris, where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The pursuit of the meaning of it keeps researchers intrigued about the purpose of the artist.
Visualizing the painting, I certainly feel fascinated due to its mystique and technical mystery. Mona Lisa, also known as “La Joconde” or “La …show more content…
It has also been an object of continual fascination due to ambiguous expression of the woman, the half-figure composition monumentality, the atmospheric illusionism and the subtle modeling forms. The Mona Lisa face has no visible hair neither eyelashes nor eyebrows. Research shows that during her time, facial hair was considered unsightly and most genteel women used to pluck them out.
Da Vinci used a rare design of a pyramid to place Mona Lisa calmly and simply in the painting's space. On the front corner of the pyramid, he placed the form of her folded hands. Lighting was well used as her neck, breast and face glow with similar light as the one that models her hands. Da Vinci used the formula used for the image of “Seated Madonna” (art) that was popular at that time to create the seated female figure. He used a modification of this formula whereby he created a distance between the observer and the seated woman through visual impression, partially one of the artist …show more content…
11 2013. All Answers Ltd. 01 2018.) Eduardo de Valfierno an employee at the Louvre was said to be the mastermind behind the crime. Eduardo was aiming to create several copies of Mona Lisa and then attempt to sell them as the original paintings later; such an idea has got the attention of the museum where it is located now, it is nearly impossible to steel it for further reproduction, but I guess if it wants to be bought, it will have to be a forgery for at least
The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor and architect Leonardo da Vinci. It as created sometime between 1503 and 1519, when he was living in Florence. ("Mona Lisa By Leonardo Da Vinci Arts." UKessay.com. 11 2013. All Answers Ltd. 01 2018) It now hangs in the Louvre, in Paris, where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The pursuit of the meaning of it keeps researchers intrigued about the purpose of the artist.
Visualizing the painting, I certainly feel fascinated due to its mystique and technical mystery. Mona Lisa, also known as “La Joconde” or “La …show more content…
It has also been an object of continual fascination due to ambiguous expression of the woman, the half-figure composition monumentality, the atmospheric illusionism and the subtle modeling forms. The Mona Lisa face has no visible hair neither eyelashes nor eyebrows. Research shows that during her time, facial hair was considered unsightly and most genteel women used to pluck them out.
Da Vinci used a rare design of a pyramid to place Mona Lisa calmly and simply in the painting's space. On the front corner of the pyramid, he placed the form of her folded hands. Lighting was well used as her neck, breast and face glow with similar light as the one that models her hands. Da Vinci used the formula used for the image of “Seated Madonna” (art) that was popular at that time to create the seated female figure. He used a modification of this formula whereby he created a distance between the observer and the seated woman through visual impression, partially one of the artist …show more content…
11 2013. All Answers Ltd. 01 2018.) Eduardo de Valfierno an employee at the Louvre was said to be the mastermind behind the crime. Eduardo was aiming to create several copies of Mona Lisa and then attempt to sell them as the original paintings later; such an idea has got the attention of the museum where it is located now, it is nearly impossible to steel it for further reproduction, but I guess if it wants to be bought, it will have to be a forgery for at least