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'Mona Lisa' died in 1542, was buried in convent
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| January 20, 2007
Posted on 01/20/2007 6:18:40 AM PST by NYer
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01/20/2007 6:18:42 AM PST
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NYer
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:19:28 AM PST
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NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: NYer
no wonder they call the painting "La Gioconda" then.
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:21:34 AM PST
by
avital2
To: NYer
That would be cool if this were indeed she.
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:22:21 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: NYer
Another researcher, Da Vinci expert Carlo Pedretti, praised Pallanti for the discovery and urged a search at the site for Lisa Gherardini's remains. "Thanks to modern techniques, scientists can determine her physical aspect, maybe even her face and thereby make an important contribution" to establishing her identity, he told the ANSA news agency. What possible contribution could that make? We already have the picture.
To: NYer
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:28:52 AM PST
by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: NYer
So much for all the mystery hype university art teachers have stirred up. This was actually da Vinci expressing his hidden homosexuality, etc.
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:29:30 AM PST
by
loreldan
(Without coffee I am nothing.)
To: NYer
Bill Clinton was heard to comment "I'd do her"
To: NittanyLion
What possible contribution could that make?Don't get between a scientist and his grant--it's not pretty.
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posted on
01/20/2007 6:47:29 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: randog
Don't get between a scientist and his grant--it's not pretty. Of course! I thought "thereby make an important contribution" referred to science or history. In fact he was referring to his bank account!
To: NYer
"And it was there that Lisa, as stipulated in the will of her husband who died four years before her, ended her life,"
You mean I can stipulate that after I die my wife has to go live in a convent? Cool!
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posted on
01/20/2007 7:15:57 AM PST
by
NRPM
To: NRPM
At the time, 68 was a advanced age, and for the wife to take a abode in a convent after the death of her husband was the modern equivelent of "Assisted Living for Active Seniors". He was actually looking out for her in the will and the fact his daughter was a novice in the convent was a added plus.
Perhaps THAT is the reason behind the enigmatic smile that nobody considers...she had a good, considerate and loving husband?
To: NittanyLion
What possible contribution could that make? We already have the picture.I think a lot of people just like digging up dead bodies. It's pretty pathetic how thin the pretexts were for exhuming Zachary Taylor and Jesse James, for example.
To: NYer
he has ascertained with certainty that the symbol of feminine mystique died on July 15, 1542 He sounds pretty sure about that...
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01/20/2007 7:46:50 AM PST
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mikrofon
(Soitenly)
To: Revelation 911
Bill Clinton was heard to comment "I'd do her" Has he started carbon dating again?
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posted on
01/20/2007 7:53:19 AM PST
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Erasmus
(Live was I ere I saw Evil.)
To: NYer
The mystery of the Mona Lisa is not who it is...but how it was done. Sfumato remains a mysterious technigue to this day and attempts to recreate it from a set of known principles remains elusive.
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posted on
01/20/2007 7:55:52 AM PST
by
tomcorn
To: NYer
...deceased July 15, 1542 Is this according to the Julian calendar, in use at the time, or the Gregorian calendar, which we use today?
To: Erasmus
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posted on
01/20/2007 8:02:50 AM PST
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brivette
To: Swiftsure
The smile is that of a pregnant woman (as per another thread). Makes sense to me. That is pretty much the way an expectant mother looks. Sort of a "secret" smile of content.
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posted on
01/20/2007 8:03:29 AM PST
by
WVNan
To: NRPM
Why don't you run that idea by her and tell us what she says? ;)
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posted on
01/20/2007 9:04:25 AM PST
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kalee
(No burka for me....EVER!)
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