Question for all art lovers, especially Atheists.?

Question

How do u think Da Vinci painted Mona Lisa, Did he threw a bucket of paint on a blank canvas a million times, or did he actually carefully and beautifully painted her?

Answer 1

If I remember right from my Art Appreciation class he started with a sketch of her and at first he didn't like it but he kept with it and painted her. I'm not all too sure of the stories that surround how he came about to creating her face though. Some art historians say he used his own face to portray her, others say it was the face of the women he loved or a fair maiden.

This site should help in answering your question also:

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/VSA/Ada3b.htm

Answer 2

I actually studied art history in college, and believe it or not there is a lot of speculation that Da Vinci was a raging homsexual who dressed up in womens clothing and painted himself in the Mona Lisa---therefore it wasn't really a woman to begin with, but Da Vinci himself. Also, he used oil based paints, but added rotten food, urine, pebbles and spit into the paint to give it a unique texture and was very much into layering paint to give it a raised effect. I think he did spend a substantial amount of time on the painting, but more so for the hidden meanings behind the art work than for the aesthetic value.

Answer 3

1. carefully, including a consideration for how her muscles would be under the skin (he was known for his technical drawings of bodies and his intimate knowledge of how our muscles worked)
2. this doesn't prove Intelligent Design. Before Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, he drew shapes and birds, he painted scenery, he spent years PRACTICING WITH LOWER FORMS OF ART. Much like Evolution............ starting with one to make a better one.

Answer 4

Leonardo Da Vinci was a master painter, as well as a sculptor, mathematician, scientist, inventor,architect and philosopher,
He is what is called a Renaissance Man.
He mastered his craft.
He took his time to work on things. He actually worked on several projects at a time.( a multitasker).

Answer 5

Of course he painted her but did you think he did it on the first shot? Look into DaVinci's works and you will see he did many practice sketches of many things he drew and painted because he knew he was not perfect and he knew that once set to oil and wood it could not be changed.

Thanks for the creationism analogy but I'm still not buying it.

Answer 6

Im not sure what point your making but its not very sucsinct. Are your trying to suggest that the end product was beutifully planned as an analogy of the god making the world?

Newsflash. Beauty is relative. The most religious amongst us are the least beautiful people.

Answer 7

They think Mona Lisa painted herself, but they also don't believe she exist.

Answer 8

He used his sense of touch and sense of sight, he chose proportion and color and placement...all tools at his disposal because of the evolutionary development of his brain.

Actually, your asinine question doe accidentally raise a far more interesting one - I wonder how many brush strokes fill that small canvas?

Hmmph.

Ah well, go back to being a doltish Godfucker...

Answer 9

i dont quite understand why you say especially atheists .. am i missing some secret here lol
not that i think it is the masterpiece that it is made out to be , but then again im no art critic .. i think it is more than just paint thrown on canvas

after thought .. i think this went right over my head lol

Answer 10

Da Vinci painted it of course. He took time & had talent.

However, we have PROOF he painted it. We also have PROOF he existed....