What is the medium used by Dominique Appia to paint Entre les Trous de la Memoire?
Acrylic on canvas.
still you have a point .like so many things now dayz the Mona Lissa i famous mainly for being famous.The Mona Lisa is without a doubt the most famous work in the entire forty thousand year History of visual art.
Where is the painting of 'A Special Pleader' by Charles Burton Barber kept?
hello my name is Jay, and i have bought a painting by Charles Burton Barber in a charity shop. its signed on the bottom right of the painting 'C Burton Barber 1893' i still do not know if this is the original painting or not and would love to get it seen by a professional but i do not where. if anyone has got any ideas please email me on xfikaj@live.com
What kind of surface was used for the Mona Lisa painting and what kind of paint?
The Mona Lisa was painted on poplar panel using oil paints. Da Vinci carried this piece of work around with him for many years, never truly finishing it. He would continue working on other pieces but always came back to this portrait. Da Vinci used a style of painting called sfmato, a technique employed to produce a smokey, shaded effect.
Where can you see the mona lisa?
It's hanging in the Louvre gallery in Paris. Mona Lisa stands out amongst the great paintings for the detail in her hands, eyes, and lips. Da Vinci used a shadowing technique at the corners of her lips as well as the corners of her eyes which give her an extremely lifelike appearance and look of amusement.
Who was the Mona Lisa and why was the painting commissioned?
The Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo commissioned Leonardo to make this portrait of his wife, Lisa Gherardini.
What do critics say about the Mona Lisa?
(Of the Mona Lisa) She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times and learned the secrets of the grave. Walter Pater - Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
Curiosity and the desire for beauty - These are the two elementary forces in Leonardo's genius; curiosity of ten in conflict with the desire for beauty, but generating, in union with it a type of subtle and curious grace. Walter Pater - Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
(Of Leonardo's Mona Lisa) What voluptuousness…so like the seduction by the violins in the overture to Tannhauser.
Maurice Denis - "Definition of Neotraditionism (1890)
The smile of La Gioconda was for too long, perhaps, the Sun of Art. The adoration of her is like a decadent Christianity - peculiarly depressing, utterly demoralizing. One might say to paraphrase, Arthur Rimbaud, that La Gioconda, the eternal Gioconda has been a thief of the energies. André Salmon, La jeune peinture francaise (1912).
(Of the Mona Lisa) Her hesitating smile which held my youth in a little tether has come to seem to me but a grimace and the pale mountains no more mysterious that a globe or map seen at a distance, a sort of riddle, an acrostic, a poetical decoction, a ballade, a rondel, a villanelle or ballade with double burden, a sestina or chant royal. The Mona Lisa (is) literature in intention rather than painting - George Moore, Wale, (1914).
Is the Last Supper in the old testament?
Last Supper is a passage in the Bible that describes the last meal Jesus had with his disciples before he was captured, tortured and killed. It is part of the New Testament, not the Old.
Anything that happened before Christ, is part of the Old Testament.
Anything that happened during Christ's life and beyond, is part of the New Testament.
What is the artwork the 'Persistence of Memory' about?
The Persistence of Memory is about that time doesn't matter in dreams as you can see the pocket watches are melted, this may not be true but this is what some sites have said, and this is what I think it's about.
When was The Age of Innocence - painting - created?
The Age of Innocence - painting - was created in 1780.
Who made the Mona Lisa famous?
If you're asking did Leonardo Da Vinci paint himself as a woman in La Gioconda (the Mona Lisa painting), the answer is no.
The painting was commissioned by a wealthy merchant named Francesco del Giocondo and was to be a portrait of his wife, Lisa. Most authorities believe she IS the woman in the painting.
Why is The Last Supper By Leonardo da Vinci significant?
Actually, the Last Supper was a common theme at the time.
[It portrays the famous speech made by Jesus Christ when he told his prediction that one of his closest men (Judas) would betray him.]
The reason Leonardo's painting really became famous is that it was painted on a wall in what was then the dining hall of a monastery and Leonardo showed Jesus and the disciples sitting among the other diners, sort of like the head table. He showed the actual everyday plates, cups, and linens that the monks were using then, putting Jesus in the same place-- doing the same things-- as the monks, which was unique. Elsewhere, Jesus was shown as separate or living in a distant land, elevated from the common people.
Is there an extra muscle in Michelangelo's David?
Actually, there's a missing muscle, not an extra one, and it's between the spine and the shoulder blade, on the right side of the back. However, Michelangelo was aware of the flaw, but a defect in the marble block made the reproduction of that muscle impossible.
Written by B Victor
For the French pavillion of the World's Fair in Paris 1937.
Why was the painting the last supper painted?
He was paid to paint the painting by the Duke of Milan and the Duke chose the theme of the painting. It took him 4 years to paint and the Duke was very lucky it was finished. Da Vinci was known for not finishing projects.
Why was Whistler's 'Mother' painted?
Whistler's actual title for the painting was "A study in gray and black", which he subtitled "Mother", so I'm going to assume that's who it was. James MacNeil Whistler was an excellent artist, and his work should be better known than just that one painting.