tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post8778543814373364551..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Mona Lisa - stolen in 1911 to punish NapoleonHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29814837624668169402017-05-10T11:37:40.951+10:002017-05-10T11:37:40.951+10:00Adrina and Mikki
Thanks for your comments.
I lik...Adrina and Mikki<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />I like to think of the lady having a gentle, perhaps enigmatic smile rather than a smirk :) Leonardo da Vinci used many blurred layers of glaze and pigments around the mouth that gave the Mona Lisa her faint, smoky smile.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90773286697415892682017-05-09T02:51:12.292+10:002017-05-09T02:51:12.292+10:00What happened to her smirk? and those eyes, those...What happened to her smirk? and those eyes, those eye, those eyes disguise the lies.mikael hanneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986462501867045791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29591437223067701372015-01-18T16:29:55.191+11:002015-01-18T16:29:55.191+11:00Beautiful presemtation.I love your site.
Profile C...Beautiful presemtation.I love your site.<br /><a href="http://www.profiledress.com" rel="nofollow">Profile Covers</a>.<br />Adrina_Limahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756077102394513030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35840111196296038282012-09-29T14:37:35.381+10:002012-09-29T14:37:35.381+10:00I have added a reference to Art Blog by Bob. He de...I have added a reference to Art Blog by Bob. He described The Mona Lisa Foundation which launched an international media assault asserting that the painting formerly known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa is actually also by Leonardo da Vinci and is the long-presumed-lost “Earlier Mona Lisa” alluded to in texts by Leonardo’s contemporaries. Bob disagreed.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66469848314448942442012-04-14T00:37:37.694+10:002012-04-14T00:37:37.694+10:00diane
since it is such a great story, I am not su...diane<br /><br />since it is such a great story, I am not sure why we all hadn't read about the events before now. Perhaps the Titanic, right at the same time, dominated the news then and for 100 years since.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86602070880173749102012-04-13T22:05:59.206+10:002012-04-13T22:05:59.206+10:00Thanks for the interesting details of the theft. I...Thanks for the interesting details of the theft. I also was amazed at how small it was when we saw it.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24107746441178761572012-04-12T17:24:18.858+10:002012-04-12T17:24:18.858+10:00Hasan
Don said the same thing about being rotated...Hasan<br /><br />Don said the same thing about being rotated with a good copy. I wonder if there is any way of discovering the truth here. It seems not.<br /><br />Thanks for the reference... I will have a look straight away.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-75649710125166499182012-04-12T17:18:35.390+10:002012-04-12T17:18:35.390+10:00Mikaela
That is constantly happening to me... his...Mikaela<br /><br />That is constantly happening to me... history being re-written, according to which side you are reading. Nothing is fixed.<br /><br />Napoleon is viewed by French historians as their winningest general EVER, albeit a flawed human being. British historians see him as the cause of the slaughter of 2.5-3.5 million young soldiers across Europe.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-50794275246345844402012-04-12T12:55:30.899+10:002012-04-12T12:55:30.899+10:00Hi Hels - the Mona Lisa's travels are nicely s...Hi Hels - the Mona Lisa's travels are nicely summarised in <a href="http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38000/mona-lisas-miles-the-misadventures-of-leonardos-masterpiece-on-the-road/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> at ArtInfo ; basically it has been to the US and Japan in the 60s and 70s respectively. The city of Florence is quite keen to have it back as part of Leonardo specific celebration, though it seems increasingly unlikely. I imagine it would require some major mutual loaning to be done for it to be achieved - but I wouldn't hold my breath.<br /><br />I have heard from various (undocumented) sources the Mona Lisa on display is rotated with another very good early 16th century copy that is known to exist; but that could just be just a rumour. I've mentioned this prospect to friends who've visited the painting and it seemed to make them quite upset. I have no fervent desire to see it myself, especially since C2RMF put their ultra high resolution image of it online. <br /><br />If any of your readers are curious to see it - please follow visit here: <a href="http://www.technologies.c2rmf.fr/iipimage/showcase/zoom/cop29" rel="nofollow">link</a><br /><br />Kind regards<br />HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52761218842786823482012-04-12T07:40:18.868+10:002012-04-12T07:40:18.868+10:00What a hoot! I love how the thief was hailed a he...What a hoot! I love how the thief was hailed a hero and the painting actually made a tour of Italy before being returned to France.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165335580241212248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-89439847597362320282012-04-11T22:42:12.330+10:002012-04-11T22:42:12.330+10:00Glamour Drops
I cannot see any way around this pr...Glamour Drops<br /><br />I cannot see any way around this problem :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40489044452401170522012-04-11T18:10:45.070+10:002012-04-11T18:10:45.070+10:00And all of this only adds to its appeal, no doubt....And all of this only adds to its appeal, no doubt. The first time I saw it, with only minor security around it, I thought how beautiful it was. But the second time, it was so surrounded that it was impossible to get any sense of the atmosphere of this most intriguing of pieces. So sad that so many people can only ever now see it this way.Glamour Dropshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651174250292927988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71881617843483714132012-04-11T11:09:01.963+10:002012-04-11T11:09:01.963+10:00Chris
a fake Mona Lisa, just for the time that th...Chris<br /><br />a fake Mona Lisa, just for the time that the real Mona Lisa isn't on display, is a very subversive idea. <br /><br />On one hand, most of the 8 million visitors each year wouldn't know and would go home duped but perfectly happy. On the other hand, the Louvre would be intentionally falsifying art history for however many months or years the real Mona Lisa was in storage. <br /><br />On the third hand, the Louvre could place a note next to the stand-in Mona Lisa to honestly inform visitors that the painting was a fake. Let us get our mind around that sentence :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62934917125232091312012-04-11T09:47:08.483+10:002012-04-11T09:47:08.483+10:00You're probably right that the gallery would b...You're probably right that the gallery would be torn apart if the Mona Lisa weren't on display; but I wonder how many would know if what they were looking at was an excellent copy; plus its size and the security in place would make it even harder to tell. Still it would have to be a very deep dark secret, and secrets have a way of leaking out.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66547128535395380932012-04-11T06:59:15.152+10:002012-04-11T06:59:15.152+10:00Don
Your curator colleague makes perfect sense in...Don<br /><br />Your curator colleague makes perfect sense in that almost any painting has a pre-determined display life; we can well imagine the cumulative damage to paintings after longgg periods on display.<br /><br />The problem with a national icon is that the gallery would be torn apart if Mona Lisa wasn't on display almost all of the time. I suspect the 8 million visitors to the Louvre each year go to see Mona Lisa first, then all the other paintings after.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74786191442648320422012-04-11T06:51:45.529+10:002012-04-11T06:51:45.529+10:00andrew1860
no, I had no idea that the Mona Lisa, ...andrew1860<br /><br />no, I had no idea that the Mona Lisa, once rediscovered after the theft, had ever left the Louvre again. If you can find a reliable reference for me (which year? which US galleries did it visit?), I would be grateful.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-1491072910605575612012-04-11T06:41:58.789+10:002012-04-11T06:41:58.789+10:00Brandon
There was no internet of course, but ther...Brandon<br /><br />There was no internet of course, but there were great telegraph services. So newspapers, galleries and art lovers around the world were quickly horrified at the theft. <br /><br />It says a great deal about the iconic status of Mona Lisa, however. If any other painting had been stolen, people would have tut tutted, but not been heartbroken.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74985497529362641712012-04-11T06:35:19.302+10:002012-04-11T06:35:19.302+10:00artlover
I am no expert in the area of art thefts...artlover<br /><br />I am no expert in the area of art thefts myself, and I cannot find mention of Apollinaire and Picasso being involved in any case at all, except for the Mona Lisa. Thus I agree.. it sounds far fetched.<br /><br />Perhaps they were such vigorous supporters of modern art, which conservative critics found repugnant, that Apollinaire and Picasso became likely candidates as thieves.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78558582407908133052012-04-11T06:22:42.161+10:002012-04-11T06:22:42.161+10:00An interesting aside to The Mona Lisa which has al...An interesting aside to The Mona Lisa which has always intrigued me. The British trained - and very highly qualified - Art Conservator at Te Papa (The National Museum of New Zealand) told me a few years back that no professional museum would ever have such an old painting continuously on display over such a long period of time - any painting has a display "life" which is rigorously recorded and adhered to. She personally believed that The Mona Lisa on display might not always be the original. Hard to believe but she was deadly serious as she had seen the cumulative damage to paintings after long periods on display.Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33320434026065294182012-04-11T06:20:24.094+10:002012-04-11T06:20:24.094+10:00Hi Helen, great post. I have always love the Mona ...Hi Helen, great post. I have always love the Mona Lisa. I'm tall but I still have to push my way to the Mona Lisa. I have seen her over 20 times. I don't know if you know but the Mona Lisa came to America in the early 1960's. Also a newly rediscovered painting by Leonardo Salvator Mundi has come to light.andrew1860https://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5873729752049763302012-04-11T06:19:13.080+10:002012-04-11T06:19:13.080+10:00Hasan
thank you. I will read your review and the ...Hasan<br /><br />thank you. I will read your review and the Alberti's Window review asap, and then I can add a reference to Charney. <br /><br />Links to other art history posts are the best part of blogging.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4030871535557060392012-04-11T01:50:16.408+10:002012-04-11T01:50:16.408+10:00Hi Hels! This case is fascinating, and as many hav...Hi Hels! This case is fascinating, and as many have argued - from our compatriot Robert Hughes to Professor Noah Charney - the theft catapulted Leonardo and the painting into the public eye for good. <br /><br />Charney, an art crime specialist has recently published a book on the "thefts of the Mona Lisa" which both myself and Alberti's Window have reviewed recently. <br /><br />The Prado variant is another interesting case! <br /><br />Kind Regards<br />HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87328485471329897932012-04-10T23:07:26.494+10:002012-04-10T23:07:26.494+10:00Read a book on this once and it is quite an amazin...Read a book on this once and it is quite an amazing story! I was always amazed at the worldwide following that the theft had even 100 years ago, when communication was much slower. Glad to have seen your post, and have enjoyed reading your blog so far...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542074415315403166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68900225207688835082012-04-10T22:45:37.185+10:002012-04-10T22:45:37.185+10:00Apollinaire and Picasso involved in a crime ring? ...Apollinaire and Picasso involved in a crime ring? It sounds like a bit of gossip that you might read in a tabloid newspaper.artlover15noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22932593785908084432012-04-10T22:33:36.338+10:002012-04-10T22:33:36.338+10:00Hermes
what a mammoth restoration project - two y...Hermes<br /><br />what a mammoth restoration project - two years on a very small painting! But it was worth every penny because it revealed details in the landscape that noone had seen for hundreds of years.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com