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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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To: I see my hands
Either that or she has a tan line.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:04:41 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Optional, printed after your name on post)
To: allmendream
She’s smiling because she’s thinking “This Leo dude thinks he’s gonna get a piece just because he’s painting me... What a tuber!!”
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:06:24 PM PDT
by
djf
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To: re_tail20
You just spoiled a perfectly good thread. There should be a Free Republic rule against posting any more photos of her. Yeah, I just finished supper.
"And in what place?
"Upon the heath, with MacBeth".
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:06:46 PM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Roark, Architect.)
To: re_tail20
That’s nothing. When I was in Paris I bought the original wallet size Mona Lisa. Leonardo painted that at the same time. The guy selling it needed money fast.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:08:52 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: djf
LOL!
Why did painters of that time leave out their subjects' eyebrows and eyelashes? WTF?
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:09:02 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
(Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
To: re_tail20; djf
Holy cow ... sor-ry.
Is this better?
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:09:54 PM PDT
by
maggief
(I)
To: re_tail20
"It's art!"
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:11:56 PM PDT
by
Rocko
(Mymindisaragingtorrent,floodedwithrivuletsofthoughtcascadingintoawaterfallofcreativealternatives.)
To: re_tail20
of course theres a nude painting that “JUST” showed up.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:12:45 PM PDT
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate taglines but I don't know how.)
To: re_tail20
Lisa, Lisa...DO something with your hair.
To: re_tail20
No wonder why she is smiling.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:15:59 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: maggief
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:17:08 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: maggief
No, this is:
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:18:31 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: savedbygrace
She looks like she’s got implants.
To: maggief
Oh....holy.....ug......WHY?
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:23:30 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:27:47 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(The black man is keeping me down!)
To: P.O.E.
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A guy goes into Victoria's Secret and tells the sale's girl he wants to buy his wife a nice bra. The sale's girl asks him what size bra his wife wears. He said he didn't know but would find out and return. He did return and this time when the sale's girl asked him what bra size bra his wife wears he says: !! 6 7/8 !! Now that's funny, ha! (And shows how to go blue without being a perv, Dave.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Perez Hilton’s deathbed conversation with his maker will be...interesting...
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:31:10 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obamanation: an imploding administration headed by a clueless schmuck, with McCain as his Kowakian)
To: maggief
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: re_tail20
in a Renaissance version of Mad Magazine
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:33:43 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: maggief
Good grief, Maggie! You just made the milk curdle in my fridge.
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posted on
06/12/2009 5:35:26 PM PDT
by
BP2
(I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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