What is special about monalisa's painting? Why can't we take photograph of the painting 'Monalisa'?

Answer 1

The Mona Lisa is considered to be one of the greatest works of art of all time for several reasons. The many accomplishments of the artist DA Vinci and the history of the painting add to it's fame. It was stolen and missing for a while during the early 20th century and it is guarded possibly more thoroughly than any other artwork.
The Mona Lisa smile is often talked about. The artist turned up the sides of the lips, and although not really an optical illusion and more a trick of our own eyes for many people the mood of the subject seems to change. This is also true for another famous painting The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer.

When we look at a painting, unconsciously we are looking at it as a whole but our eyes and brain will pick out small parts of it to look at for a split second. We are generally unaware of this as it's the way our vision works. What we zero in on when we look at a picture says a lot about how our brains work. If you focus your vision on the mouth then the eyes and back to the mouth, the mood of the subject seems to change from happy to melancholy.
Bright lights can harm a painting over time just as sunlight will eventually fade a curtain. The bright flash of your camera may not seem like the same as sunlight but imagine a few thousand people a day coming by your house to flash a sudden bright light into your face. Just like sunlight it's the long term exposure to light that is the enemy of all works of art that are hundreds of years old. Many very old works of art were poorly taken care of over the centuries and have suffered because of it.

Answer 2

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

You can't take photos of paintings as the camera flashes can cause light damage and fading to them.

Answer 3

Some say it lies in the way Leonardo painted the background. If one gets close enough, he would notice the background is not level. The background is at different heights. Also, the style of the painting itself is called as 'sfumato', or foggy. This refers to the fact that the colours seem to blend into one another. No one had any idea how Leonardo did the way he did with Mona Lisa. And, of course, her smile. People keep coming back because they say her smile is different every time they see her.

You cannot take her photo because it will cause the painting to degrade. Camera flash deteriorates the painting rapidly. Me, I think it's the museum's way to keep the tourists rolling in.

But then, this painting is special. I simply want to look at it for a long time and be content with that.

Answer 4

Someone tried to destroy that painting many years ago which is why it's behind bullet proof glass now. Museums don't allow photographs for two reasons--first, they sell their own reproductions at the gift store and would prefer that you just buy those, second, bright light over time will damage or fade the pigment. Think of the hundreds of thousands of people who view that work each year and think how quickly it could get damaged by that much light exposure if everyone used a flash bulb.

Answer 5

I THINK THAT IS THE 'SMILE' OF MONOLISA. THERE ARE LOT OF THINKS IN THIS WORLD FOR WHICH NO ONE HAS THE ANSWER OR PEOPLE HAVE THE ANSWER DONT WANT TO REVEAL IT. THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION I THINK FALLS ON THIS AREA.