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Nude, Mona Lisa-like painting surfaces
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| JUne 12, 2009
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 06/12/2009 4:52:22 PM PDT by re_tail20
Leonardo da Vinci, in a Renaissance version of Mad Magazine, may have painted his famous Mona Lisa in a number of ways, including nude. Now, a painting has surfaced that looks much like the original, sparking debate over just how far the master took his iconic painting.
The newly revealed painting, hidden for almost a century within the wood wall of a private library, shows a portrait of a half-naked woman with clear links to the famous (and clothed) Mona Lisa.
The work, which documents suggest was at least based on never-seen similar work by da Vinci, is now on exhibit at the Museo Ideale in the Tuscan town of Vinci, where da Vinci was born in 1452.
The lady in the portrait does not exactly resemble the original Mona Lisa, but there is little doubt it has parallels with the painting hanging at the Louvre museum in Paris.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: andreadelsarto; davinci; florence; godsgravesglyphs; italy; leonardo; leonardodavinci; monalisa; salai; santissimaannunziata; solai
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:52:22 PM PDT
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re_tail20
To: re_tail20
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:53:39 PM PDT
by
tired1
(When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
To: re_tail20
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:54:23 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Bratch
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:56:02 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: re_tail20
Looks like Steve Carell with hooters...
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:56:03 PM PDT
by
djf
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To: re_tail20
Looks to me like she is wearing a brassiere.
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To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:56:29 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: re_tail20
Which explains that forced smile on the original, doesn’t it?
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:56:45 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
To: re_tail20
Wow! I guess the theories that the Mona Lisa was self penetrate are wrong .... Hmmmm well unless ... No! That can't be!
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:56:49 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: re_tail20
Hummmm. You think it would be more realistic.
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:57:10 PM PDT
by
svcw
To: Bratch
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:59:35 PM PDT
by
maggief
(I)
To: All
You folks realize that, even as we speak, some angry faggot is likely photoshopping Carrie Prejean’s head on this painting and sending it to Donald Trump?
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:59:45 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
To: Enterprise
Yeah, with a 2-by-4...
All of Italia couldn’t produce one better lookin dame than that????
Much hotter babes have graced the pages of Hustler!
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:00:11 PM PDT
by
djf
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To: maggief
You just spoiled a perfectly good thread. There should be a Free Republic rule against posting any more photos of her.
To: BenLurkin
Thats a man, baby!
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:01:18 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
To: djf
Duuuuuuude.
It is not that Mona Lisa is hot.
It is that the painting captured some of the enigma of her smile.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:02:19 PM PDT
by
allmendream
("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
To: re_tail20
Looks like some other Lisa.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:03:31 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: re_tail20
It is getting old and pretty worn out.
Seems to indicate a lack of creative mojo...
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:03:39 PM PDT
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djf
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To: allmendream
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:04:17 PM PDT
by
allmendream
("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
To: re_tail20
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:04:36 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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