Whats so big about the Mona Lisa Painting?

Question

bunch of crap to me, probably because i dont understand it.
is it the greatest painting ever? and who really cares about it?

Answer 1

its the curiosity about wht emotion da vinci tried to express thro her, made the painting popular among critics.
also the lot of controversaries related to da vinci (tht he was gay etc.,) was connected to the painting and people tried to interpret them in very interesting and some silly ways.
overall the painting became popular more becoz of the above issues more than of its artistic intelligence
however the colour effects and the mixture of paints, the haze is something which da vinci really has mastered in the painting.

Answer 2

who was the Mona Lisa? Why is she smiling or
smirking? Indeed, is she smiling or smirking, or
is the impression simply due to the genius of
Leonardo’s unique brushwork, which creates a subtle effect,
almost of shifting light? And if it was a portrait of some Italian
or French lady, why was it never claimed by her family?...
The Mona Lisa, it seems, was a self-portrait. ...This startling—
and, on the face of it, sensational and unlikely—hypothesis
was put forward in the 1980s by two researchers
working independently: Dr. Digby Quested, of London’s
Maudsley Hospital, and Lillian Schwartz, of Bell Laboratories
... both noticed that the features of the “female” face of the
Mona Lisa were exactly the same
as those of the 1514 self-portrait of
the artist as an old man, drawn in
red chalk, now in Turin. ...
If, as seems to be the case,
Leonardo was both the Mona
Lisa and the face on the Shroud,
then he had achieved a double
coup: He not only became the
universally recognized image of
the Son of God, but also the
“Most Beautiful Woman in the
World”—no wonder “she” was
smirking mysteriously!
Over the years, it has been suggested,
sometimes even seriously, that the Mona Lisa was in
fact a portrait of Leonardo’s unknown female lover, which is
considerably more unlikely than the self-portrait theory, on
the grounds that he was almost certainly homosexual. ...
If the elusive image of the enigmatic woman was indeed
a self-portrait, why did he do it, and why did he keep it
with him until his dying day? Perhaps the answer is simply
that he thought he had produced a masterpiece. Perhaps
he liked the look of himself as a woman, beardless and in
drag. ... Yet there are reasons to consider that, like everything
else he did, there was also a deeper reason … .
Like Mary Magdalene, the illegitimate Leonardo was an
outsider, a tormented genius without much formal education,
humored and flattered in the courts of the great, but
always dependent on patronage, always the artistic prostitute.
As an outsider, he reached out across the dark centuries
to another: Perhaps the dragged-up Leonardo was
supposed to represent the Magdalene herself. hope u got ur answer.

Answer 3

Well, the creator was a gay man who worked for the catholic church for many years as a painter or was that MICHELANGELO? Anyhow they both were homosexuals and very talented as artists...the "hype"over the mona lisa painting draws millions of dollars to the FRENCH economy each year but i agree "whats the big deal? " the actual painting is not much bigger than a large sketchpad. I wonder if he was in the da vinci code??

Answer 4

absolutely nothing !
the mysterious smile is as wooden as it can be and no mystery at all !!
Leonardo Da Vinci was commisioned to do a portrait of the lady called Madona, which her hubby did not like and Da vinci was stuck with this unsold piece,
So clever as he was, he created a hype about its flacid smile, and the damn foools brought it and hype added on and on and on and on _________
and thus Mona Lisa smiled !

Answer 5

wow! you really blew me away Sathya S. I had no idea. all i knowt she is mesmering. You cant help but wondrer why she's got that smirk on her face. I wish I could get a print of her. Iregardless it its acutally him or not. I'll always think of her as HER.. .

Answer 6

Her Smile

Answer 7

Something about the androgynous face and the smile. Looks like she has something to hide.
☆

Answer 8

If you connect her smile and her eyebrows, etc. there is a PERFECT CIRCLE. This was mark of excellence at that time if someone could draw a perfect circle.

Answer 9

It's not big. I was so disapointed by the size. It's dull and boring. But Leo is ok.

Answer 10

i honestly have no idea....they say theres something either in it or on it that has to do with God coming back....or something like that....sorry i couldnt help more. lol