tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706678653651301316.post1303497556320578216..comments2024-02-27T00:28:09.103-08:00Comments on Art Blog By Bob: Why the Mona Lisa Can’t (Won’t?) Go Home AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706678653651301316.post-74590094389210304862011-07-21T19:15:09.763-07:002011-07-21T19:15:09.763-07:00If the Mona Lisa were to go back to the Uffizi for...If the Mona Lisa were to go back to the Uffizi for a short visit it surely would be at home. Leonardo began the painting around the time he started the drawings for his Battle of Anghiari that was to grace the walls of the Great Hall of the 500 in the Palazzo Vecchio, which is next door to the Uffizi. And that was a story in itself - a head to head competition against Michelangelo, a story I'll be telling at http://sistinepuzzle.com in a few weeks time.Davidhttp://sistinepuzzle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706678653651301316.post-70086031782386507772011-07-05T19:25:25.420-07:002011-07-05T19:25:25.420-07:00I recently visited the Walters Art Museum. The mus...I recently visited the Walters Art Museum. The museum has an excellent copy of the Mona Lisa on display (http://thewalters.org/articles/entry.aspx?id=81). Visitors really have to look for the painting though! It is hanging above a doorway in the 16th century, salon-styled gallery.<br /><br />Mus(eum)ings<br />http://museuminternmusings.blogspot.comSamanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146219610418531109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706678653651301316.post-90622354097615191952011-07-04T23:03:03.775-07:002011-07-04T23:03:03.775-07:00I am all for museums and nations repatriating art ...I am all for museums and nations repatriating art back to the original owners, but only through the courts. Not via self-help programmes.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706678653651301316.post-41422476700710179702011-07-04T22:10:46.080-07:002011-07-04T22:10:46.080-07:00A small contribution to the subject -
http://pomag...A small contribution to the subject -<br />http://pomage.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html#5060705911218784625<br />- an image I made a couple of years ago: Lisa is not passive, she lets the painter (whose name is not mentioned) to wait while she finishes her makeup, and she understands that 500 years later people will talk about her, and this is the reason for her smile.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696508727569836060noreply@blogger.com