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Louvre: The Mona Lisa Is Deteriorating
AP ^ | April 26, 2004

Posted on 04/26/2004 10:21:27 AM PDT by presidio9

The Mona Lisa (search), Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece of a mysterious woman with a slight smile, is deteriorating, and the Louvre Museum (search) said Monday it will conduct an in-depth technical study to determine why.

The thin panel of poplar wood that the work is painted on has become deformed since conservation experts last evaluated the painting, the Louvre said in a written statement. It did not say when the last evaluation was.

The Louvre said the condition of the Mona Lisa was causing "some worry" and that a new study on the state of the work has been launched.

The study, to be conducted by the Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France, is to better determine what materials the painting is made of and evaluate the painting's special vulnerability to climate changes.

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To: Captain Peter Blood
I have always wondered if there was a colossal inside joke with this painting that only Da Vinci knew.,

See my post #2.

21 posted on 04/26/2004 10:36:57 AM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: presidio9
Its all Bush's fault!
22 posted on 04/26/2004 10:39:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: presidio9
Its all Bush's fault!
23 posted on 04/26/2004 10:39:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: presidio9

24 posted on 04/26/2004 10:40:18 AM PDT by u-89
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To: presidio9
The Mona Lisa Is Deteriorating, along with french culture; it was a little disappointing to see simply because of the pictures people are taking of the portrait. People take pictures like the paparazzi, not 3 seconds go by without a flash.
25 posted on 04/26/2004 10:42:18 AM PDT by SF Republican (Life ain't fair and I'm glad)
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To: presidio9
That'll wipe the smile off her face.
26 posted on 04/26/2004 10:45:38 AM PDT by NCPAC
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To: NativeNewYorker
Given the age of the piece, the age of the building it's in, the variability of the atmosphere in Paris, etc., the painting is in pretty good shape.

I saw it a week ago Sunday. They don't even have a light on it - I could hardly see the darn thing.

27 posted on 04/26/2004 10:48:26 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Really? I think it is a beautiful painting, but it is just a painting. It's not a life. Sometimes human perspective can get really screwed up. We groan over the natural deterioration of something like this -- and I do believe it is beautiful -- while tiny living, irreplaceable works of art are destroy through abortion, without a care by many. Not only that, they celebrate the destruction. There is no comparison in value and beauty between the two. The only difference is perceived value -- a statement more about the perceivers than the perceivees.
28 posted on 04/26/2004 10:49:48 AM PDT by King Black Robe
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To: Doctor Stochastic; Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Conspiracy Theory" was fun, though.

So was the remake of "Ocean's Eleven," though Robert's part was more of an afterthought.

29 posted on 04/26/2004 10:52:09 AM PDT by presidio9 (Rangers Lead The Way!)
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To: SF Republican
People take pictures like the paparazzi, not 3 seconds go by without a flash.

Right. I was there at Christmas and its just as you described. There's a security guard who stands in front of it and tells the people not to do it but they click away anyway and ignore him.

30 posted on 04/26/2004 10:52:30 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Captain Peter Blood
I have always considered the Mona Lisa painting overblown.

Well, I was going to ask, What makes this painting a masterpiece anyway?

31 posted on 04/26/2004 10:53:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: NativeNewYorker
Last time I saw it was in 1996. It was not in a sealed case then, as I recall, but there was a sign that, in several languages, stated that no flash photography was allowed... while all around were tourists snapping flash photos.
32 posted on 04/26/2004 10:54:23 AM PDT by Eowyn-of-Rohan
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
My very intelligent and equally funny wife does a pretty good rendition of the promo for that movie- particularly the clip wherein one of the students asks julia's character why she isn't married.
33 posted on 04/26/2004 10:59:11 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: presidio9
Come, Death, let us today be wed,
For I despise this virgin life,
Let you in black, then, be the groom,
And I in white shall be your wife.
Then, when the troths and vows are said,
And all the revelry is still,
Together shall we lie in chill
Repose, and make our marriage bed.


34 posted on 04/26/2004 11:00:46 AM PDT by Agnes Heep (Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
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To: presidio9
EVERYTHING in france is deteriorating.
35 posted on 04/26/2004 11:06:16 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Captain Peter Blood
"I have always wondered if there was a colossal inside joke with this painting that only Da Vinci knew."

Yeah, like painting the homeliest broad alive and watching the french fall over themselves to embrace her.

36 posted on 04/26/2004 11:10:03 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: presidio9
Maybe it'll just fade, like the Cheshire Cat, until there's nothing left but the enigmatic smile...
37 posted on 04/26/2004 11:10:06 AM PDT by Junior (Remember, you are unique, just like everyone else.)
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To: presidio9
So what? When the Muslims take over France they're going to paint a burqa over everything but the background.

BTW, do you suppose they'll put burqas on the Venus de Milo and the Victory of Samothrace, or will they just blow them up?

Come to think of it, maybe they'll blow up Mona too.

38 posted on 04/26/2004 11:13:11 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("Whom will the terrorists vote for? Not George Bush--that's for sure!" ~Happy2BMe)
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To: Savage Beast
Come to think of it, maybe they'll blow up Mona too.

Maybe then les Francais and the rest of the world's elite will wake up and realize that this war is not all about "BushCo", but a war to save western civilization from a death cult looking to obliterate us all.

What a shame that it'll take the deaths of many more innocents for the Politically Correct to get off their a$$es..

40 posted on 04/26/2004 11:19:51 AM PDT by AngryJawa (Thank You Troops!)
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