Mona Lisa - Page 2

Fo'Shizzle · 05-23-2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Deaf258

Why do you think Mona Lisa is smiling?? Why are the other paintings never show anyone smiling during that era? This is a serious questions and no perverted replies accepted!

have you seen the movie????????????????????????

Reba · 05-23-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gnarlydorkette

The only reason she APPEARED to smile is because of the shade and the painting tenchique he used. If one removes all the shades and so on, it would look like as if her mouth is like this :-| but the shades techique- called "chiaroscuro" which added a smoky effect, ends up "dimpling" her little "grin"...

My exception to this theory is the "smile" in her eyes, too, not just the mouth.

An insincere person who "fakes" a smile will smile with the lips only. A "real" smile includes the crinkling of the eyes. Mona Lisa has that "smile" in her lips AND her eyes. (Just my opinion.)

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...All the paintings during that period were Virgin Mary, Jesus H Christ and zillion of other religious figures...

...and wealthy patroni.

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... Maybe taht lady was happy to be frigging rich and had da Vinci doing her portrait and da Vinci included it because that was waht he was SEEING. Get me?

Yes.

Reba · 05-23-2006, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Levonian

Why is the Mona Lisa the most recognized work of art in the world? Just ask Cecil Adams, the wisest man who has ever lived:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmonalisa.html

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

—Nat King Cole

Works for me!

***VamPyroX*** · 05-23-2006, 02:24 PM

It could be a self-portait of DaVinci. Many artists use faces of other people as a source of different faces. They may use face #1 in order to paint face #2.

Just because it looks like a woman doesn't necessarily mean that he looked like a woman. He probably used his own face in order to get the figure and shape right for a woman's picture.

05-23-2006, 02:24 PM	#34 (permalink)
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