What is so special bout Mona Lisa?

Answer 1

nothing really apart from the artist

the mona lisa and the little mermaid in copenhagen harbour were the two biggest let downs i have ever had


all the best
Ian

Answer 2

There is site entitled "The Art of Interpretation" which featured the painting Mona Lisa. This project allows viewers to interpret art pieces, and something discussed is why is this painting so famous?

It might be interesting for you to read some comments there.

Answer 3

The Mona Lisa is an atrocious painting. I've never understood why anyone would find her of interest. The colors are flat, her smile is forced and her eyes are dull and empty.

Answer 4

I'd say because of its famous two-year disappearance from 1911-1913, its association with well-known historical figures, that its details were obscured for many years as the result of aging, the mystery of its subject's identity, and how differently people react to seeing it. Also count in da Vinci's widespread fame and how different the Mona Lisa is from other portraits of its time.

Someone made a video outlining their explanation for its popularity. You can watch it here: http://www.vat19.com/free/free%2Dvideo%2Dtips%2Dplayer%2Ecfm%2Fhurl%2Ffree%5Fvideo%5Ftip%3D%3Efree%2Dvideo%2Dtips%3Efamous%2Dpaintings%3EMona%2DLisa%2Eflv%2FcategoryID%3D35%2F

Answer 5

Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th century oil painting on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci. It is arguably the most famous painting in the world, and few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody. It is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The painting, a half-length portrait, depicts a woman whose gaze meets the viewer's with an expression often described as enigmatic. [1] [2] It is considered by many to be Leonardo's magnum opus.

The title Mona Lisa stems from the Giorgio Vasari biography of Leonardo da Vinci, published 31 years after Leonardo's death. In it, he identified the sitter as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of wealthy Florentine businessman Francesco del Giocondo. Mona was a common Italian contraction of madonna, meaning my lady, the equivalent of the English Madam, so the title means Madam Lisa.

In modern Italian, the short form of madonna is usually spelled Monna, so the title is sometimes given as Monna Lisa. This is rare in English, but more common in Romance languages such as French and Italian.

The alternative title, La Gioconda, is the feminine form of Giocondo. In Italian, giocondo also means light-hearted (jocund in English), so gioconda means light-hearted woman. Because of her smile, this version of the title plays on this double meaning, as does the French La Joconde.

Both Mona Lisa and La Gioconda became established as titles for this painting in the 19th century. Before these names became established, the painting had been referred to by various descriptive phrases, such as "a certain Florentine
16th century

Early copy of the Mona Lisa, in Walters Gallery, Baltimore, showing the columnsLeonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1502 (during the Italian Renaissance) and, according to Vasari, completed it in four years.

Leonardo took the painting from Italy to France in 1516 when King François I invited the painter to work at the Clos Lucé near the king's castle in Amboise. The King bought the painting for 4,000 écus and kept it at Fontainebleau, where it remained until moved by Louis XIV.

It has for a long time been argued that after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down by having part of the panel at both sides removed. Early copies depict columns on both sides of the figure. Only the edges of the bases can be seen in the original.[3] However, some art historians, such as Martin Kemp, now argue that the painting has not been altered, and that the columns depicted in the copies were added by the copyists. The latter view was bolstered during 2004 and 2005 when an international team of 39 specialists undertook the most thorough scientific examination of the Mona Lisa yet undertaken. Beneath the frame (the current one was fitted to the Mona Lisa in 2004) there was discovered a "reserve" around all four edges of the panel. A reserve is an area of bare wood surrounding the gessoed and painted portion of the panel. That this is a genuine reserve, and not the result of removal of the gesso or paint is demonstrated by a raised edge still existing around the gesso, the result of build up from the edge of brush strokes at the edge of the gesso area.

The reserve area, which was likely to have been as much as 20 mm originally appears to have been trimmed at some point probably to fit a frame (we know that in the 1906 framing it was the frame itself which was trimmed, not the picture, so it must have been earlier), however at no point has any of Leonardo's actual paint been trimmed. Therefore the columns in early copies must be inventions of those artists, or copies of another (unknown) studio version of Mona Lisa. The round objects each side of the sill remain as mysterious as so much of this painting

Answer 6

the special thing about mona lisa is that from whichever angle u look at the painting it seems she is also looking at u

Answer 7

It is perfectly symmetrical, and thus the perfect representation of human beauty. It is also thought to be the female version of a self portrait.

Answer 8

Her smile, you have to be old enough to recognise it. but since you ask you are always old enough, there are no bad Qs?, but I may give a few bad answers, now and then.

It makes a list of wonders of the world from time to time and time and again.

You have lots of lots of detail answers.

Answer 9

Her eyes, on wherever you move she's always looking at you, if you move to the right. But if you move it the left, i duno if its the same. The colors are dark and everlasting too.

Answer 10

The whole mystery around it :)