My Lady Lisa... wow. What a thing to finally learn about this painting after seeing the image for years and not understanding its history / significance. I still don't see the hype about her smile, but do appreciate the sfumato technique.
I haven't actually seen it up close in person myself, I may do so next time I'm at the Louvre, but I just don't know how to feel about it. It's a great painting from a technical perspective, but I definitely agree that it's fame/worth may be way more than Leo meant for it.
I think it was the "fashion" of the time. You see similar portraits without eyebrows in that historical period, e.g. the Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci. In the portrait of the Arnolfini couple, by Jan van Eyck, even he, the man, has no eyebrows.
What shocks me about these videos is, how accurate they are. When they mention something i can see and understand it. It's amazing
Amazing Picture quality image pixels quality is amazing .No words...Love From India.
Freud - always looking at the world through oedipus colored glasses! lol
truth !
Análisis de excelencia. Gracias.
My Lady Lisa... wow. What a thing to finally learn about this painting after seeing the image for years and not understanding its history / significance. I still don't see the hype about her smile, but do appreciate the sfumato technique.
hi great video .can u talk about salvador mundi
great suggestion..
@EB18 i don't think it's a Leonardo either ...
but so far nobody has the 'canastas' to call it out ..
I haven't actually seen it up close in person myself, I may do so next time I'm at the Louvre, but I just don't know how to feel about it. It's a great painting from a technical perspective, but I definitely agree that it's fame/worth may be way more than Leo meant for it.
That's the point about fame, isn't it? As for the worth, that word has many connotations. The worth of a candy bar or the worth of freedom.
I don't think Leonardo regarded this as a minor commission. Would he have kept this one with him till his death, if that were the case?
An attribution of any kind identifying the subject is purely speculative. No existing documentation for the sitter.
I"ve always wondered why she didn't have any eyebrows
I think it was the "fashion" of the time. You see similar portraits without eyebrows in that historical period, e.g. the Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci. In the portrait of the Arnolfini couple, by Jan van Eyck, even he, the man, has no eyebrows.
Was Leonardo in love with Mona Lisa?
Video on picasso !! And the complexity of his work, why and how it changed art.
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