Now that scientists with x-ray eyes are suggesting that the smirking subject of history's most famous painting may have been knocked-up while posing there will be a slew of theories suggesting the connection between her enigmatic smile and the babe within. As intriguing as that smile may be, I've always been drawn to her hands for some reason.
If memory serves it was only a few short years ago that some were suggesting that Mona was actually Leo in drag, and anyone who hasn't been living the life of Ted Kazinski knows that there's been a whole lot of hoo-ha surrounding the fresco known as The Last Supper.
My question is this - what do you suppose accounts for the fame and relative longevity of this canvas? I'm certainly not the first to suggest that Mona is not Leonardo's finest painting, so what gives?
da Vinci kept this painting with him -probably as a way to remind himself of the good old days when he ruled painting -that is before Big Mike climbed back up on the scaffolding and redefined western art/painting with the scary/brilliant second half of the Sistine Chapel, smoking both Raphaello Sanzio and Leonardo da Vinci right off the wall -that is, before burning their houses down to the ground.......
A hand fetish, eh? Now I know what to get you for your birthday!
that is before Big Mike climbed back up on the scaffolding and redefined western art/painting
Can you elaborate on this a bit? I've often lingered on "The Last Judgment" and marvelled at how different it is from the ceiling. It's much more active and dynamic.
And Nick - did you know that Josh Bolton, the President's Chief of
Staff, collects photos of GWB's hands? I don't lie.