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a b c Charney, N.; Fincham, D.; Charney, U. (2011). The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting. Arca Publications. ISBN 978-0-615-51902-9 . Retrieved 4 November 2022. Watteau: The Embarkation for Cythera; The Faux Pas; L'Indifférent; Jupiter and Antiope; Pierrot; The Two Cousins The Mona Lisa is the world’s most overrated painting. It’s just a portrait of some Italian lady who probably had bad breath.” – Jerry Seinfeld I could not help but share this hilarious Monalisa painting upgradations after 500 years. Here we have Da Vinci’s immortal painting made unbearably funny by a minion’s face replacing Mona Lisa’s half smile. David: Andromache Mourning Hector; The Coronation of Napoleon; The Intervention of the Sabine Women; Leonidas at Thermopylae; The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons; The Loves of Paris and Helen; Minerva Fighting Mars; Oath of the Horatii; Portrait of Madame Marie-Louise Trudaine; Portrait of Madame Récamier; Portrait of Pope Pius VII; Self-portrait; Unfinished portrait of General Bonaparte
Opinion | Couldn't 'Mona Lisa' Just Stay a Mystery?". The New York Times. 9 January 1987. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 July 2022. Philadelphia Museum of Art – Collections Object: Tea Time (Woman with a Teaspoon)". www.philamuseum.org. The Mona Lisa painting, the ultimate diva of the art world. This is one portrait that has seen more spotlight than a Hollywood A-lister.
Arguably the most famous painting in the world, this lady has secrets that even the best detective couldn’t unravel. This Italian masterpiece was painted by the legendary Leonardo da Vinci around the early 16th century, and she has become a timeless celebrity who never ages. a b c Cotte, Pascal (2015). Lumiere on the Mona Lisa: Hidden portraits. Paris: Vinci Editions. ISBN 978-2-9548-2584-7. We all have to do our own laundry and so does Mona Lisa if she wants her clothes pristine over the years. So Mona has posed with her iron and board in this painting that will have you in splits. Holt, Richard (22 October 2007). "Solved: Why Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010 . Retrieved 11 March 2010. Today the Mona Lisa is considered the most famous painting in the world, a destination painting, but until the 20th century it was simply one among many highly regarded artworks. [139]
Why do people go to the Louvre? They go to see the Mona Lisa. Why do they go to see the Mona Lisa? Because they already know what she looks like.” – William NoelDiscover a new perspective on the world’s most famous painting with these Mona Lisa Puns. These puns are like a whimsical frame around a masterpiece, adding a touch of wit to the Mona Lisa’s eternal charm. Bohm-Duchen, Monica (2001). The private life of a masterpiece. University of California Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-520-23378-2 . Retrieved 10 October 2010.
Secret Portrait Hidden Under Mona Lisa, Claims French Scientist". Newsweek. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 . Retrieved 8 December 2015. On 6 April 2005—following a period of curatorial maintenance, recording, and analysis—the painting was moved to a new location within the museum's Salle des États. It is displayed in a purpose-built, climate-controlled enclosure behind bulletproof glass. [120] Since 2005 the painting has been illuminated by an LED lamp, and in 2013 a new 20 watt LED lamp was installed, specially designed for this painting. The lamp has a Colour Rendering Index up to 98, and minimizes infrared and ultraviolet radiation which could otherwise degrade the painting. [121] The renovation of the gallery where the painting now resides was financed by the Japanese broadcaster Nippon Television. [122] As of 2019, about 10.2million people view the painting at the Louvre each year. [123] On April 21, 1974, a woman spray painted the Mona Lisa red to protest the museum's failure to provide access for disabled people. The painting was behind protective glass and was unharmed. [4]
How would you re-envision the Mona Lisa? • In 1919, Dadaist Marcel Duchamp painted one of the most famous parodies of the Mona Lisa. Titled LHQQ the initials sound in French like "she has a hot ass." [2]
Mantegna: Crucifixion; Judgement of Solomon; Madonna della Vittoria; Parnassus; Saint Sebastian; Triumph of the Virtues Sanya. " 12 Things You Should Know about Louvre: The Beloved Mona Lisa." Gulf News, November 6, 2017. Accessed: March 31, 2020.After the French Revolution, the painting was moved to the Louvre, but spent a brief period in the bedroom of Napoleon (d.1821) in the Tuileries Palace. [85] The Mona Lisa was not widely known outside the art world, but in the 1860s, a portion of the French intelligentsia began to hail it as a masterwork of Renaissance painting. [86] That Leonardo painted such a work, and its date, were confirmed in 2005 when a scholar at Heidelberg University discovered a marginal note in a 1477 printing of a volume by ancient Roman philosopher Cicero. Dated October 1503, the note was written by Leonardo's contemporary Agostino Vespucci. This note likens Leonardo to renowned Greek painter Apelles, who is mentioned in the text, and states that Leonardo was at that time working on a painting of Lisa del Giocondo. [25]
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