2007-01-22 20:41:32 · 11 answers · asked by ddzaszcxascs 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The Mona Lisa is a mystery. THAT is what makes it a great painting. Most paintings that have a mystery are more luring. SOME of the Mona Lisa’s mystery will possibly be solved because JUST the other day a report came out that Mona Lisa might have been found.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/19/monalisa_his.html?category=history&guid=20070119134500
There was always a lot of conversation about her smile. Really, I see a smile. How many other paintings have very little expression, quite a few. Certain artists receive more notoriety than others.
2007-01-23 01:23:27 · answer #1 · answered by Renoirs_Dream 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mona Lisa is a very plain looking woman. It's the painting-art done by Leonardo DaVinci that is so good about it. He was a fabulous artist. Every direction you move, her eyes follow you. Her smile so placid makes people think of how calming it is to look at her. Some books say that the Mona Lisa (it isn't her real name) was pregnant when she posed for DaVinci. Some say it is DaVinci himself dressed as a woman posing for himself.
2007-01-22 20:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by happykat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a very important work. Leonardo da Vinci did not complete many paintings to this level of finish and it is also a superb example of the sfumato technique he invented. It also illustrates da Vinci's moti mentali, or motions of the mind. A moments thought caught in a facial gesture. The landscape depicted in the painting is a place where Leonardo would have probably surveyed on during his work with Cesare Borgia and thus gives credence to Leonardo's movements during his life time. This is part of its importance as a piece of art history.
As for its fame, well that has a lot to do with the mystery that surrounds the painting. What you have to appreciate is that you as a viewer has the right to like or dislike a painting but its importance is of no relevance to the general public . Its value lies with what information it can provide for the art historian. I agree that there have been far more beautiful paintings created during the Renaissance and beyond and that many painters other than Leonardo contributed to art but (and I'm putting my art historians hat on now) you can not compare a painting which is simply nice to look at to a painting which imparts so much valuable information and demands constant research
2007-01-25 12:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Visigoths would not praise Mona Lisa.
The Nazi would have burnt it if they had found it. So would have Savonarola.
In some ghettos they would ever not know what Mona Lisa is.
We praise it because it's a masterpiece. Full stop.
2007-01-23 02:09:15 · answer #4 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really believe, it is him dressed in drag, and him smirking at all us fools for making a big thing over an ugly painting.
2007-01-22 20:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by badboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smile, the flatness of the hair, the lighting, the dull palette.
2007-01-22 21:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incredible technique, new medium, personality, extremely modern, forward looking, (modern in context of it date) a personal favorite of the artist. goofy lip thing.
2007-01-22 20:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by colinchief 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe 'now' she is not special. But in 'that time' I mean, her time, she is maybe the most beautiful girl in the world. You know, that now, there are many girls that are more beautiful than her.
2007-01-22 20:55:18 · answer #8 · answered by Chreonne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do with the painting, everything to do with who painted it.
2007-01-22 20:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by =42 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing really.
2007-01-22 20:45:01 · answer #10 · answered by Andrew 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋