The Mona Lisa

Ryo88 · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:15 am Post subject:

its just theory though.... probley not the truth... ^^
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PFC · Still very bored Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 343

[quote="Ogrim_Doomhammer (Avy)"] The other name of Mona Lisa is "La gioconda" and its called that way because the woman that leonardo painted was Lisa Gherardini, who was married with Francesco del Giocondo. Did you know that it was stolen in 1911? [/quote]
Yeah... It was stolen and I think they actually put that in the Guinness Book of World Records. Totally strange.

Papercut_Dragon · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

[quote="Ryo88 (Sam)"] its just theory though.... probley not the truth... ^^ [/quote]
It's not. Smile

He painted the lady, hated it, carried it around forever and used himself as a reference.
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Lynxie · Member Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 87

Mona Lisa is ugly.

ChocolateCappuccino · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:20 am Post subject:

[quote="Yokoana (Roni-chan)"] I also remember that only Americans called the Mona Lisa so. In all other countries, it is called by another name, which escapes me.... [/quote]
Nope. We call it Mona Lisa in Sweden.

One rumour says that the person modelling for the Mona Lisa was in fact Leonardo's male lover. I think it was my art history teacher who told me that... and my culture history teacher.
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Coronae · Very bored Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 137

[quote="Lynxie (Lynx)"] Mona Lisa is ugly. [/quote]
Thanks so much for that wonderful insight...

Anywho, I saw in a magazine not to long ago (it was probably the Enquirer, which sucks, but that's not the point) that scientists had analyzed her smile into percentages of emotions. So much love, disgust, apathy, sorrow, and joy, or something like that. Too bad I can't find it now, I got a good laugh from it.

I think the appeal (aside from her smile) is how she appears to be stately and magnificient, but at the same time, normal and plain.

Pride_of_lion · Newb Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 17

Is one side supposed to be femine and the other masculine, And that Its supposed to be da vinci in drag or something, and that its the anogram of some egyptian god, I think thats right....... I Read it in the Da vinci code!! Im addicted to that book, but Im not sure weather I've got the wrong information or not, please correct me if I'm wrong!!!!

diming_light · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject:

Aww i ahve always been fasinated by the Mona Lisa... specaily after seeing the movie the Da Vinci Code.. was awsome love how all his works seems to hold secrets.

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com50l · Member Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 45

i know everyone will say that i am a idiot after this post but to follow rules of this thread is mostly about the Artist not there paintings?? :duh: *cough*

Benk · Elder In Training Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 3733

Scientists are pretty sure they know why she is smiling. She is wearing a dress that women who either were expecting or nursing a baby wore, along with a veil that they didn't see until examining it with machines.

But com501, don't bump dead threads

MadeOfGlass · Member Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 92 Location: Australia

All i've heared was that the painting doesn't have a copyright on it anymore cause Da Vinci has been dead for over 50 years...
and her mouth is closed cause she had bad teeth, I seriously heard this i'm not joking

Sam400 · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:49 am Post subject:

The painting looks like it could have taken [i]years[/i] to finish...
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dirtangel221 · Newb Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 9

In France, she is called La Jaconde.

Edward_Elric_1308 · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

In America, this is called necromancing (bumping) old threads which is a big no-no in the forums. Rolling Eyes

dirtangel221 · Newb Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 9

[quote="Edward_Elric_1308"]In America, this is called necromancing (bumping) old threads which is a big no-no in the forums. Rolling Eyes

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I was unaware I made a mistake. I read the first post and thought I'd reply with my knowledge on the subject. Sorry.

gamefox120 · Very bored Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 233

I admire Leonardo
not just for his art work but for his engineering prowess.
I love his machine ideas.