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Louvre: The Mona Lisa Is Deteriorating
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| April 26, 2004
Posted on 04/26/2004 10:21:27 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9
It's the damn Opus Dei - curse them to hell!
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posted on
04/26/2004 12:51:13 PM PDT
by
Conservomax
(shill: One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into part)
To: sonserae
I saw it just in early Dec. 2003 and was amazed at the flash photos being taken and thought at the time that it was not a good idea. The new digital cameras at least seemed to need less or no flash at all. I did not get a good look at the Venus De Milo because two bus loads of tourists (guess where from)unloaded and literally ran to the Venus De Milo and began snapping and recording away. My wife and purposely took no camera to the museum. I wanted to see it not film it.
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posted on
04/26/2004 12:51:23 PM PDT
by
nomorelurker
(wetraginhell)
To: Captain Peter Blood
I have always considered the Mona Lisa painting overblown. I have never thought this a particularly great work of art To each his own. I hadn't looked at it for a while and when I saw it at the beginning of this thread, my reaction was Wow. Maybe I would react the same way if I saw a woman who looked like that. Da Vinci was an incredible genius and I think it shows through here.
To: Doctor Stochastic
"Conspiracy Theory" was fun, though. But only because of Mel...
To: Clemenza
I met who called Las Meninas the most grotesque and disturbing work of art she had ever seen. Well, it does have a certain Jon Bennet Ramsey quality about it.
My favorite Renaissance master is el Greco.
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posted on
04/26/2004 12:58:15 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Rangers Lead The Way!)
To: Conservative4Ever
"Girl with the Pearl Earring" aka 'The Patanol Commercial Chick'.
86
posted on
04/26/2004 1:00:22 PM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(I am trying to stop an outbreak here and you are driving the monkey to the airport!)
To: PBRSTREETGANG; MotleyGirl70; Cagey
Da Vinci needed a manzier? 85 posts and no one caught the reference.
BTW, it's a "bro"!
To: presidio9
LOL. Yes, the Infanta does bear an uncanny resemblence to Jon Benet surrounded by the cast of Time Bandits.
88
posted on
04/26/2004 1:03:34 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
("Knowledge is Good" --- Emil Faber, Founder of Faber College)
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
I prefer "Girl with the Pearl Necklace" but I cannot post it on a family forum. :-)
89
posted on
04/26/2004 1:04:30 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
("Knowledge is Good" --- Emil Faber, Founder of Faber College)
To: Larry Lucido; PBRSTREETGANG
I got it and thought it was funny, but if you give him too much credit he tends to get a little full of himself...
90
posted on
04/26/2004 1:10:08 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Rangers Lead The Way!)
To: Clemenza
Why did you have to say that knowing how absolutely vulgar it is?
If you are going to think sick things, keep them in your head.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:15:16 PM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(I am trying to stop an outbreak here and you are driving the monkey to the airport!)
To: Captain Peter Blood
I agree. I saw the Mona Lisa 40 years ago & was terribly disappointed. It is small, drab & unintresting. I have seen it twice since & my opinion has not changed.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:18:15 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Captain Peter Blood
FWIW, an HS art teacher of mine went to see it at the National Gallery in D.C. around 1971. He said they had a magnifying bubble
on it when he went, and the level of detail in the background is amazing.
To: presidio9
I enjoyed seeing Napolean's hat. I don't understand why people don't just buy a post card.
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:31:11 PM PDT
by
Joe_October
(Saddam supported Terrorists. Al Qaeda are Terrorists. I can't find the link.)
To: Larry Lucido
85 posts and no one caught the reference.
Not so. Some of us permit ourselves the luxury of the occasionally unexpressed thought.
95
posted on
04/26/2004 1:36:15 PM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Why did you have to say that knowing how absolutely vulgar it is? I'm a guy and this isn't a Church discussion board. I couldn't help myself...
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posted on
04/26/2004 1:56:31 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
("Knowledge is Good" --- Emil Faber, Founder of Faber College)
To: presidio9
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART might have their own Mona Lisa, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which is on view for the first time in almost a decade through March 28. This enigmatic painting, officially entitled La Gioconda, is thought to be either a preparatory study for the Mona Lisa by Leonardo himself or a copy painted by one of his followers shortly after the creation of the original, which now resides in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The painting was given to the Museum in 1983 by Henry H. Reichhold, a summer resident of Prouts Neck, who purchased the work in the 1960s after the death of its European owner. Subsequently, La Gioconda was analyzed at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard University. Conservators determined that the painting was executed before 1510, but they were unable to confirm or refute Leonardos hand in its creation.
Unlike a true copy, the Museums Mona Lisa differs from the original in size, composition of background landscape, and, most notably, the absence of the enigmatic smiledetails which suggest an early study rather than a simple reproduction. Regardless of the true authorship of the painting, La Gioconda brings into sharp focus the kinds of problems facing conservators and art historians today, and it is a compelling work of undeniable artistic quality on its own.
Source: Portland Maine Museum of Art at (207) 775-6148 ext. 3227.http://www.portlandmuseum.org/Da%20Vinci.htm
To: fight_truth_decay
I was under the assumption that the "real" Mona Lisa is actually titled "La Gioconda." Is this incorrect?
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posted on
04/26/2004 2:56:23 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Rangers Lead The Way!)
To: presidio9
What's she smiling at?
99
posted on
04/26/2004 3:12:37 PM PDT
by
Timeout
(Dems and MediaCrats: Stuck in a 9/10 world.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Were you surprised at how SMALL it was? I sure was.
The sealed case is probably why it's deteriorating!
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posted on
04/26/2004 3:15:08 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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