What do you think is the most famous oil painting? If someone asks you that, which painting comes to mind first? I think most people's answer should be Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. There is no doubt that the mona lisa is well known as one of the most famous oil paintings in the world.
The Mona Lisa by Da Vinci
Regarding the Mona Lisa, there are also many questions and mysteries that extend. Some people say that the Mona Lisa is not laughing, some people say that the Mona Lisa is a man, some people say that the Mona Lisa's smile is weird...
The doubts and mysteries about this work are really numerous, and interested friends can go and find out. Today we mainly understand this work from the perspective of painting appreciation. Next, we will walk into this world famous painting together.
Mona Lisa
About the author
The Mona Lisa is written by the Italian Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci, full name Leonardo da Vinci, was a painter, scientist and inventor of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was a deep-thinking, learned genius who excelled in a field large enough to surprise your jaw. His areas of expertise include painting, sculpture, invention, architecture, mathematics, biology, physics, astronomy, geology and other disciplines.
Da vinci
Leonardo da Vinci went to Florence at the age of 15 to study art, and coupled with his artistic talent, he quickly grew into a painter and sculptor with scientific literacy.
Modern scholars have called him "the most perfect representative of the Renaissance" and a unique all-rounder in human history. Leonardo da Vinci was also known as the "Three Masters of the Renaissance" along with Raphael and Michelangelo. His representative works include the Mona Lisa, "Our Lady of the Rocks", "The Last Supper" and so on, which we introduce today.
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Creative background
From the 14th to the 17th century, Europe set off an ideological and cultural movement - the Renaissance. The Renaissance, which originated in Florence in the late Middle Ages, subsequently spread to european countries. The theme of this ideological and cultural movement is humanism, which gave rise to secular values, and the Mona Lisa is a product of this period.
The Mona Lisa was written between 1503 and 1506 (the exact date is unknown). This work is a portrait by leonardo da Vinci of the young and beautiful wife of a wealthy Italian businessman.
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Contents
The women in the picture have their hands crossed, in the form of 3/4 side composition, the head and body are turned sideways to varying degrees, breaking through the monotonous collection of previous portraits, appearing more relaxed. The woman in the picture has no eyebrows and eyelashes, and the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, as if smiling, and because of this, the world calls mona Lisa's smile "mysterious smile".
Artistic features
The image perspective point in the picture of "Mona Lisa" rises slightly, the composition is pyramid-shaped, and combined with the landscape in the background of the picture, the entire character in the picture appears more dignified and stable; The characters in the picture are serene, their expressions are calm, and their hands are precisely and plumply portrayed, which fully highlights the beauty of the characters' health, luxury and youth.
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appraise
The Mona Lisa can be called one of the most famous paintings in the world, and among the depictions of women in Western painting, it is difficult to say that there is one that can surpass the achievements of the Mona Lisa, which is estimated to be between 150,000 and 200,000 euros.
However, the world's view of the Mona Lisa is not unanimous. Some people think that this work is highly artistic and valuable, and it is regarded as a superior product; Some people think that this work is actually not as good as people say, and they don't know what is so good about it, and why it can become a world-class famous painting? The gardener does not comment too much on this. So, what do you think of this work? Do you think it's good or bad?
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There have also been many incidents about the Mona Lisa, not long ago on May 29, in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, a man dressed as a woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa painting, and said that his behavior was to warn everyone to protect the earth. However, because this is not the first time this kind of incident has occurred, when the work was attacked before, the painting was already protected by protective glass, so the attack did not cause any significant damage.
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