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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
The answer is......why her? People paint things like beautiful landscapes or symbolic things like vases and whatnot. But why would Da Vinci who is one of the most gifted people of all time paint a portrait of her and why with that expression.
I think. Hell I don't know either.
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
What's great about it?Originally posted by: sandorski
It's a great painting.
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Originally posted by: Paddington
I used to think that the great paintings were all painted a long time ago, and that modern artists devote themselves to comic books, advertising, and the like.
I was in London at the National Portrait Gallery. They have a competition each year for portraits, and I saw the gallery. Some of them were pretty amazing, almost photo realistic. They make the Mona Lisa look like it was drawn by school children, at least in terms of technical quality.
Originally posted by: Paddington
I used to think that the great paintings were all painted a long time ago, and that modern artists devote themselves to comic books, advertising, and the like.
I was in London at the National Portrait Gallery. They have a competition each year for portraits, and I saw the gallery. Some of them were pretty amazing, almost photo realistic. They make the Mona Lisa look like it was drawn by school children, at least in terms of technical quality.
As for the Mona Lisa's fame, it's just hype feeding more hype. It's good, but how do you judge art? It's clearly better made than a lot of portraits, but is it the best? There are no definite answers to those questions, but what is definite is that a lot of rich people and famous galleries would love to have that painting, and the hype just feeds itself.
Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Good discussion, can anybody confirm the eyes thing?
Agreed. Liberty Leading the People FTW.Originally posted by: Syringer
Who knows. I was at the Louvre and everyone was about to ejaculate looking at it. I was much more impressed by 90% of the other paintings in there than the Mona Lisa..