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Who else thinks the "Mona Lisa" painting is crap? It's always been overrated, and seeing it live did nothing to change my impression. Not to disparage da Vinc

by nwatson 11y ago

Who else thinks the "Mona Lisa" painting is crap? It's always been overrated, and seeing it live did nothing to change my impression. Not to disparage da Vinci's corpus ... but just sayin'.

ebiester 11y ago
Now, the question about its 21st century aesthetic is beyond the scope, but overrated it is not. For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lis... It was painted around 1503. Compare to something around the same time -- Lorenzo Di Credi -- http://lj.rossia.org/users/marinni/418072.html http://lj.rossia.org/users/marinni/418072.html Look at the comparison of detail on the dresses. Look at the hands, and the slightly darker color where the light doesn't reach as strongly on the tips of her right hand. Look at the small details on her face like the lines around her cheek bones -- Leonardo was making striking advancements about how to make portraiture more realistic. We can copy his techniques fairly easily, but creating the techniques is hard.
imagex 11y ago
Understanding the context of art is frequently as important as direct experience. Jackson Pollack has been decried as an alcoholic fraud by some, but like Da Vinci, it is the techniques he pioneered as much as his works that are fascinating. There was a study that claimed he (Pollock) represented fractals, even Chaos theory in some of this work. http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSIONISM/fractal_taylor.html http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSI... On a tangent, this is the soundtrack to the eponymous movie, Pollock by composer Jeff Beal. Give it a listen, while taking a look at some of Pollock's catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD0nFjjUCQo&list=RDoD0nFjjUCQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD0nFjjUCQo&list=RDoD0nFjjUC... Like nwatson, I wasn't moved the first time I saw Mona. But understanding her history brought her to life the next time we met.
- douche 11y ago
  > Jackson Pollack has been decried as an alcoholic fraud by some, but like Da Vinci, it is the techniques he pioneered as much as his works that are fascinating Throwing paint at the wall like a baby projectile-vomitting rainbow-colored Gerber puree'd carrots?

by nwatson 11y ago

Who else thinks the "Mona Lisa" painting is crap? It's always been overrated, and seeing it live did nothing to change my impression. Not to disparage da Vinci's corpus ... but just sayin'.

ebiester 11y ago

Now, the question about its 21st century aesthetic is beyond the scope, but overrated it is not. For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lis... It was painted around 1503. Compare to something around the same time -- Lorenzo Di Credi -- http://lj.rossia.org/users/marinni/418072.html http://lj.rossia.org/users/marinni/418072.html Look at the comparison of detail on the dresses. Look at the hands, and the slightly darker color where the light doesn't reach as strongly on the tips of her right hand. Look at the small details on her face like the lines around her cheek bones -- Leonardo was making striking advancements about how to make portraiture more realistic. We can copy his techniques fairly easily, but creating the techniques is hard.

imagex 11y ago

Understanding the context of art is frequently as important as direct experience. Jackson Pollack has been decried as an alcoholic fraud by some, but like Da Vinci, it is the techniques he pioneered as much as his works that are fascinating. There was a study that claimed he (Pollock) represented fractals, even Chaos theory in some of this work. http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSIONISM/fractal_taylor.html http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSI... On a tangent, this is the soundtrack to the eponymous movie, Pollock by composer Jeff Beal. Give it a listen, while taking a look at some of Pollock's catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD0nFjjUCQo&list=RDoD0nFjjUCQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD0nFjjUCQo&list=RDoD0nFjjUC... Like nwatson, I wasn't moved the first time I saw Mona. But understanding her history brought her to life the next time we met.

douche 11y ago
> Jackson Pollack has been decried as an alcoholic fraud by some, but like Da Vinci, it is the techniques he pioneered as much as his works that are fascinating Throwing paint at the wall like a baby projectile-vomitting rainbow-colored Gerber puree'd carrots?