It's just a painting of a woman. What's the big deal?
2006-09-27 17:00:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The big deal is in the detail of the work; the artist himself; the fact that no one knows who the hell she actually was and the speculation still abounds on that; and the fact that she has that little smile on her face. Posing for paintings took a very long time, and to be able to hold a smile of the same type for thsat long is an astounding feat. So, did she actually smile like that, or was her mouth just upturned naturally in that smile? And what did that smile mean??
2006-09-27 17:12:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you need to ask, I cannot explain fully. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the three greatest painters of the High Renaissance period, along with Raphael Urbino and Michelangelo Buonarotti. That would make him one of the ten gratest painters of all time. Someone dismisses this great painting with a dumb, insulting phrase and shows his ignorance. That's like Billy Bob Thornton speaking of Shakespeare and his quote "f%$@#&g language". I do not like the "Mona Lisa" that well, but I can appreciate that it is a great painting by one of the ten greatest painters who ever lived.
2006-09-28 05:47:51 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as to what i had read, the background had different level...the other side looks a bit far...and some say that the face was being painted first before painting the background...
2006-09-27 17:11:19 · answer #3 · answered by rush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I just did the Malissa yesterday with charcoal it took me exactly 3 minutes , and Leos men and women often look alike
2006-09-27 18:02:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its her smile, is it really a smile or a thought or what is it, what was on her mind, she seems so contained, except for that flicker of light....but perhaps im bias, i have a mona lisa smile. maybe its a secret.
2006-09-27 17:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by old_soul_945 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine yourself owning the top art of the most intelligent person in history!
2006-09-27 17:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a man, not a woman.
Look closer.
2006-09-27 17:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question!!! I don't see the attraction myself!
2006-09-27 17:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by hoonette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to see it for yourself to appreciate it.
2006-09-27 17:07:06 · answer #9 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazing, isn't it?
2006-09-27 17:08:29 · answer #10 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋