So now that my site is linked into search engines a little better, thanks to this blog, I want to start making good use of this blog and give readers a little more value. I want this blog to be the place for art lovers to go if they want to know whats going on in the global art world. I will of course keep you updated regarding buygalleryart.com as well.
I will be dedicating more time to this as of next week, and posts will occur about twice a week. So the articles will be edited, rather than typed on the fly, and i will create a decent template too.
For today though, the big news is this:
Some historian guy from Italy says he has found the grave of the woman from Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. You know the one, its quite popular, although i personally dont think its his best work. Lets get back on track...Apparently records say she died in 1542 at the ripe old age of 63, and was burried in a convent in Florence.
Whats her last name i hear you cry! Is it Smiley as the painting suggests in my mind?
No, it was Gherardini, as in Lisa Gherardini.
According to the reasearch of this historian (and i should note his name is Mr Pallanti) she dies a widdow and was ill when she died. The whole parrish turned out for her funeral, which must mean she was popular. Now i know that Leonardo worked for many well of families and did all kinds of creative things. He was a genius after all. So i woudlnt be surprised if he painted this for her, or her familiy, because she was well off, and famous already. I dont think the painting made her famous at the time.
As for why she was smiling, everyone has there own views, one of my friends from art college certainly did, but this is too rude to share. Personally i think she was smilling because she was having her portrait painted. I mean thats what you do isnt it under such circumstances.
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1 comments:
Well said.
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