Mona Lisa Smile

paintings. “Monsieur, surely you realize that is Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa you have slandered,” retorts a rather indignant Frenchman. The young tourist turns. “Oh, I know.” He shoots back flippantly. “I thought it would be more impressive, less boring.” He adds offhandedly. The Frenchman smiles to himself. “I believe Da Vinci’s Lady would say the same things about you.” He reflects, stroking his mustache. The youth bristles. “Excuse me?” The Frenchman smiles. “Mon’Amie, the paintings hanging in this…

cautious of what goes around their surroundings. In the book “The Man In The High Castle” by Philip K.Dick, Juliana Frink is the girl that every man has dreamed of, and is filled with mixed emotions. Men tend to find her attractive due to her Mona Lisa smile but her attitude and quick temper can sometimes find her difficult to deal with. Juliana’s adventure throughout the story fits into the story circle perfectly. In the story, “The Man In The High Castle” Juliana Frink is the former wife of…

What is Education? Education is more than just a whiteboard or blackboard or a marker or chalk. Education is a process that deals with engaging the mind and spirit of students to think divergently, creatively and intellectually. Education is not a system, but an organ used to stimulate conversations, improve skills and acquire mastery. Education is an investment is the future and life as a whole. Education is a tool students can employ for all round development to help live independently, adapt…

opposed to fresco on fresh plaster, the painting soon began to deteriorate. However, modern conservation techniques have been used to restore it. Leonardo returned to Florence in 1502 and began working on the “Mona Lisa” in 1503. “The privately commissioned work is characterized by the enigmatic smile of the woman in the half-portrait, which derives from da Vinci’s sfumato technique” (“Leonardo da Vinci Biography,” n.d.). Jan had a similar career to…

Grant Wood - American Gothic, 1930 Introduction Grant Wood, American painter who was born in February, 1891 and died in February, 1942. His iconic painting in 20th century with regionalism, American Gothic (1930), which was depicting the rural American Midwest. About Regionalism Regionalism, or we can called it American Scene Painting. It is a realist modern art movement in American which was popular form 1920s to 1950s in the United States. In art, Regionalism was a style and defined as…

and light contrast. He also painted Madonna of the Rocks and the infamous Mona Lisa with the subject’s signature smile. It is quite evident that Leonardo da Vinci was very talented in the arts. In Madonna of the Rocks Vinci used a pyramidal structure in his artwork. He also expresses the virgin Mary as a mother through emotion in the art. Previously, she was depicted as the queen of the heaven. The portrait Mona Lisa transformed the art of portrait making by “replacing the…

There is only man of his time who was the most influential figure in Italian renaissance. Given the title “Renaissance man” he was the greatest artist in history, a magnificent philosopher, scientist, sculpture, mathematician and engineer. He was widely known as a polymath. This man was born in the Tuscan Hill town of Vinci in the territory known as Florence Italy on April 15th 1452. Leonardo Da Vinci was “born as a illegitamite son of Messer Piero Fruosno di Antonio da Vinci, a Florintine…

Gender, race, and culture are social constructs, biased ideologies shaped by society. A society of those who share common perceptions, of an individual, group, or idea. Social constructs are ideas that are deemed to be natural; however, these ideas are not realistic in the world today. Gender roles, a set of concepts centered on masculinity and femininity of expectation of men and women. Although socials constructs have established rules for who we are expected to be, ultimately it is a box that…

Ever since the beginning of the self-aware human age, we have been known to go out of our way to find truth, whatever it may be in, not only the things we come into contact with every day, but most importantly the things that are not the most obvious or direct forms of acquiring knowledge. Therefore, when asked if “literature can tell the truth better than other arts or areas of knowledge”, we see that even though literature, being one of the oldest forms of conveying a message, dating all the…

the creation of meaning, and they drive the plot to elevate the male characters, but not necessarily themselves. Instead they are aesthetics whom act as ‘fillers’ in the male driven plots. This can be seen in seen in a film like Rear Window (1954). Lisa Fremont, Grace Kelly, acts as a catalyst to the male…