Do you like this famous painting?
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roynelson
- 2008-09-11 @ 09:03:42
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DominicGee
- 2008-09-11 @ 09:04:29
Did you happen to watch Hudson Hawk last night?
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 09:05:29
No why?
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 09:08:28
Just googled "Hudson Hawk" so I'm with you now!
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DominicGee
- 2008-09-11 @ 09:16:53
It's good, but certainly not my favourite - i'm with Tom on this... in terms of Renaissance art there's a lot more I prefer - is there a reason it has been especially outstanding over the years? Was it rediscovered by an Emperor or was it the first of it's kind?
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:24:38
I don't know why
Perhaps it's a bit like the "Emperor's New Clothes"? -
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SeasideMan
Pro - 2008-09-11 @ 09:14:11
To be honest, I'm not particularly keen on it. It's technically well done, but doesn't grab my attention. There are other potrtraits over the years that I find far more fascinating than this one. People seem to be captivated by the smile, but really it's just a bored smile by a woman who's been sitting still for too long.
Tom.-
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:21:50
Thank you for taking part in my straw poll
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:01:15
Odd the fascination for it, but there's no accounting for why the world goes mad for a particular thing...I can understand Munch's Scream ringing a bell in the human psyche, but a enigmatic smile on the face of a woman however well painted is a bit of a mystery to me...easily recognizable I guess...GBHs...XX
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:26:15
But do people really like it?
I know I don't-
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:33:21
I don't know...it's just a very famous painting to me and that's it, I neither dislike or like it...
Can't speak for anybody else, opinions differ wildly on most things in this world...especially concerning art... GBHs...XX-
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 11:53:15
Thank you - that's exactly the point I was trying to demonstrate
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It's part of the collective consciousness of the Western World isn't it? It's always been there - it's not something that one has discovered for oneself. And I think that is quite important in developing a passion for something.
I wouldn't queue to see it in the Louvre, but I can appreciate it is a good painting.-
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 17:05:55
Interesting points - but do you like it?
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 17:13:53
Not disputing it's a fine painting, but there are many, many fine paintings out there including some wonderful portraits...you could be right about it being part of the collective consciousness...now accepted generally as one of the best examples of portraiture...Have you read...Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...just such as this situation is covered brilliantly in it...GBHs..XX
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I agree - it is a good painting but I don't feel particularly inspired or happy when I see it. It is the Mona Lisa and in some ways maybe it has gone beyond being just a painting.
No, I haven't read it. I should get round to reading it - certainly sounds like a good book from what people have told me about it.-
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jenray
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 17:24:23
Do try and read it...I think it's a fine book of philosophical thoughts written in a very anarchic way and particularly moving at the end, with the additional part added to later editions...and we've all seen the Mona Lisa too many times I think to be happy or inspired by it...it's just there now as a permanent fixture in our minds...LOL...
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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 13:17:44
Its not my bag baby!
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 13:23:33
That's a no then!
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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2008-09-11 @ 13:41:54
I like the whole theory that it is a female self portrait of Leonardo, however the line and style is not to my personal taste and would not bestow the walls of the great hall on the 2nd floor of the Tower.
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 13:45:23
So now we know!
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joebangles
- 2008-09-11 @ 16:06:37
For some reason clicking on the panel in your post did nothing, but I am guessing that it was the painting of "The Mona Lisa". As others comment, I neither like it or dislike it, I would like to own it.
Back in the 50s, I know that was before your time, the number one hit in the charts was "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole. a lovely song.
Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause youre lonely they have blamed you?
For that mona lisa strangeness in your smile?
Do you smile to tempt a lover, mona lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?
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la_spice
- 2008-09-11 @ 16:09:31
Oh yes I remember that song!
I didn't put a link to the picture as I assumed everyone would know what it looked like. -
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not as good as the film.
love+light to you+yours