The Mona Loca doesn’t need your approval:
She is comfortable with who she is The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous art works of all time by the Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci. This portrait was done in oil and it is a piece that looks very real. On the other hand, “Wynwood’s Finest” is a well-known mural by Abstrk, who is an artist from Miami. This piece is graffiti on a wall and it looks more animated, fiction like, than the Mona Lisa.
Abstrk thinks women in our culture today have more physical and emotional freedom of expression since culture is a somewhat more acceptable than before, he thinks women are stronger now than ever and are responsible for their own choices and who they want to be.
First, both of the faces in portraits by
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The Mona Lisa is wearing a long sleeve dress that is not revealing at all, she doesn’t show any skin in an inappropriate way while the Mona Loca is wearing a very short dress that shows a lot of cleavage and her nipples as well. She is also wearing net tights with money tucked in them that show her thick legs and tattoos on them; meanwhile the Mona Lisa does not show anything from the waist down. Da Vinci also gave the Mona Lisa, a thin vail over her hair, but Abstrk did not put anything over the Mona Loca’s head. The Mona Loca has a cigarette in her hand, while the Mona Lisa does not have anything in her hands. It seems like the Mona Loca has more freedom because she has tattoos all over her body which tells she makes her own the decisions to do what she wants to do with her body. Also, she wears what she wants and she doesn’t seem to care what others would think about it. However, the Mona Lisa’s wardrobe says that she is conservative and reserved, it looks as if this type of clothing is what she had to wear in order to be accepted by her culture in that time. In contrary, the Mona Loca doesn’t feel as if she needs to be accepted by anyone. But, the Mona Lisa proves how reserved she had to be by wearing a vail over her head. She is not be able to free her hair (which could be a sign of sexuality to her culture) or look provocative in any way. Whereas, by holding a cigarette in her hands, the Mona Loca demonstrates …show more content…
In both paintings both of the women have their hands in a position where they look like they are posing for the picture. But, the Mona Loca looks like she is doing it in a way to make fun of because she has the cigarette in her hand, while the Mona Lisa’s posing seems like she was told to pose this way for the picture, meaning she had no say to how the picture had to be. The Mona Lisa has a veil on her head which symbolizes that she had to be restrained and modest and that she wasn’t able to express herself if she wanted to. The demons and the angel in the Mona Loca is a symbol of good and evil in the culture. The skull is a symbol of death and the screaming face means desperation. The Mona Loca has money tucked in her stockings symbolizing that she is an independent woman, that she makes her own money regardless of the situation. The bullet holes in her face mean that she has gone through tough situations, but she is still fine. Empty bottles in the floor symbolize that she has been drinking, maybe to forget problems that she has. The cigarette that the Mona Loca has in her hand means that she is smoking because she is stressed. The window with blue a blue sky, a tree, and green grass is a symbol of hope, hope that it can get better and she can get there. Abstrk’s intention
Next they go into further detail about the history of the painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer. They say that it was described as the “Mona Lisa” of the Austrian people to whom it belonged to.
Also, since it’s hard for the viewer to see any emotion the women are feeling in either painting by looking at their faces, the two painters appear to have used colors to create the tone. The feeling of gloom that surrounds the two women on a wharf with the color suggests that they have not found what they have been looking for so their sorrow will last a little longer. The kneeling woman has a brighter background probably depicting that she has found solace or love where she currently kneels. Between the two paintings, the kneeling woman seems to have a brighter looking future ahead of her.
Some scholars try to discuss why different people have different feeling about this smile. These theories are from the actual figures and feeling of Mona Lisa as well as the scientific side. Some say, the Mona Lisa smile only can be seen when squinting. Some argue that the smile is so unpredictable because it takes advantage of the people in the visual disturbance. In addition to smile, what’s more important is, this painting expresses the emotion and social background of Da Vinci’s period. Initially, it is the mysterious smile that sometimes makes people feel gentle and happy, and sometimes serious, sometimes with slightly...
The Renaissance began in the late 14th century and reached its highest known point in the 15th and 16th centuries. This period followed the Middle Ages and made Europe see a revival of interest in classical learning along with values of ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance art sought to capture experiences of the individual rather than the many and also sought to capture the beauty of the regular world. It originated in Italy by Italian scholars and artists who wanted to reawaken the ideals of Roman culture. Some sought to reawaken the languages, values, and intellectual traditions of Rome. Unfortunately, during the time of the late 14th century, wars and the tragic Bubonic Plague kept people from making advances further into the Renaissance
The Painting Martha and Mary Magdalene is one of the many masterpieces in the DIA’s collection in Detroit. Although there is much more to understanding a work of art then just looking at it. In order to understand a piece, you have to understand the Artist, the time period, and the symbols in that painting that may have very different meaning today.
...s this shows her feminity as a women it also portrays her as being a temptress because of the exposure of her breast. Unlike the woman being almost completely covered but being shown in a tempting way in relation to her feminity, the man on the other side is completely exposed in order to demonstrate the youthfulness and strength of his body. Which the Romans used in artworks as a form of political advertising to show that a man that had a masculine body, young and strong, could be a leader. The man’s exposure of skin is considered as positive form of dispaying his masculinity while the woman’s lack of exposure except for her breast can be viewed as tempting through her feminity and disapproved. This shows the gender indiffernece of feminity and masculinity, where masculinity is portrayed in positive forms while femininity has only negative aspects to be protryed in.
The two paintings have much more differences than meets the eye. Firstly, the periods during which the portraits are made are very distinct with a difference of an estimate of four centuries. Mona Lisa's portrait was made in the early 1500s while that of Adele Bloch-Bauer was painted in the early 1900s. Many transitions took place since the Renaissance period to the post-industrialization period. Possibly, this could be used to explain the clear-cut differences between the two. Secondly, the portrait of Mona is half-length her full body while that of Adele is full length. This depicts a varied art in use of space by the two artists. Thirdly, the two subjects display a discrete type of clothing. Mona is quite ordinary and simple despite the
Bright colors jumping at you asking for attention, images so real viewers can not tell the difference. These are the thoughts that came to my head as I gazed at two works of art by two Mexican artists at MoLAA museum of art . I visited two museums, Bowers Museum of cultural Art in the heart of Southern California and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach for my report unfortunately I only liked the works in MoLAA and will talk about it through out my paper. I will talk about two Mexican artists Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye, and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography “no individual associated with the arts with the possible exception of André Malraux, had been involved in direct political action more than David Alfaro Siqueiros” (Siqueiros Biography online). Personally that to me said a lot and that got me intrigued, and made me want to know more about him and his work. Cauduro on the other hand got me intrigued through his illusionistic approach to art and interpretation of his view of things. Eve thought they seem like different approach to art they are both similar in different ways.
show so little respect for the Mona Lisa today, although one can see that even though the
Through time due to advancements in material and painting techniques combined with the ever-increasing talent of the artists, paintings representing people have become very lifelike and are extremely realistic. Some painted portraits have as much detail as modern photographs. However, there are also paintings of people that are representational in which the artist is trying to convey a message. This paper discusses the two types through the comparison of two paintings, Abaporu and Portrait of a Lady.
The movie Mona Lisa Smile is set in 1953; post-war and pre-feminism. Katherine Ann Watson, a progressive Art History teacher, is hired to teach at Wellesley. This selective all-women’s college is described in the opening scenes of the film as “the most conservative university in the country” (Newell, “Mona Lisa Smile”, 2003). Watson wants to teach at Wellesley in order to influence the next generation of women. Some of the brightest female students in the country attended Wellesley. Among these students are: Joan Brandwyn, a driven student with a 4.0 GPA, Betty Warren, the daughter of the Alumni Association president, Giselle Levy, a flirtatious and outgoing young woman who has had an affair with a Wellesley teacher (Bill Dunbar), and Connie Baker. These women are bright, and largely members of the upper class. Their social class not only affords them the Wellesley education but vacations abroad and elaborate parties and weddings.
The two gifts were given for different reasons. In The Gift of the Magi, Della gave her husband a gift out of love, whereas in A Work of Art, all the people who became owners of the candelabra gave it away out of a need or want to get rid of it. This quote from The Gift of The Magi: “Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.” shows how she loves Jim and wants to give him something nice. However, this quote from A Work of Art: “…and dashing out of the flat went home, glad that he had succeeded in getting the present off his hands.” shows how this gift seemed like a burden to be handed off.
Leonardo is one of the few people who has the ability to make these qualities seem so perfect under his hands. His artworks are by far the most popular pieces of art that are in museums to this day. Recently a popular painting “Salvator Mundi”, painted between 1490-1500, has been placed up for auction and is estimated that the painting will sale for at least $100 million. This is just one of 16 surviving paintings that have made it through the years and it’s not even the most popular one. The Mona Lisa is the most popular painting by anyone to this very day. It was painted in the year 1503 and is famous for multiple reasons. One being that da Vinci didn’t just paint this ordinarily, but in a technique called sfumato and it was painted in atmospheric perspective as seen in the background. The technique sfumato is the blending of oil paints to blur the lines between colors. Atmospheric perspective was a new painting style where things far away in paintings looked blurry and this style was used in the background of the Mona Lisa. The word mysterious is associated with this painting and others that have come from his works. The smile that is presented in the Mona Lisa is somewhat puzzling in its own way and the person depicted in the painting is still not 100% known to experts to this day. The eyes that are on the Mona Lisa seem to watch and follow you when you look at the painting. One of the weird myths that
The Lady has a white “V” neck shaped collar while the Mona Lisa has gold trim on her square shaped collar. Mona Lisa’s dress also looks a lot more flowy and lighter while the Lady’s dress seems more layered and thicker probably due to the colder weather in northern Europe. The Lady only has a dark blue canvas for a background while the Mona Lisa has a clearly defined landscape behind her with trees, water and a dirt road. The veil that the Lady wears is made from significantly thicker cloth and wears a dark colored headband. The Mona Lisa’s veil is barely visible. The Lady has a lighter hair color and is tied up in a bun with some kind of net or cap around it with silver pins tucked into it to keep her veil in place, while Mona Lisa has her dark, wavy hair draping down her shoulders in a casual yet elegant manner. We can see the ears on the Lady, but the Mona Lisa has her ears covered by her hair. The eyes of the Lady are bright and hazel colored. Mona Lisa’s eyes are dark and you can barely see her pupils in her irises. Maybe that is how Leonardo got the effect that her eyes seem to be moving. It also appears that she has no eyebrows, or they’re severely
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman that was painted by the famous artist Leonardo Da Vinci. This portrait was painted in oil on white Lombardy Panel Paper. It is an oil painting that utilizes the technique of sfumato. The painting technique sfumato overlays translucent layers of colors. This is used to create a blending of colors so there are no clear transitions seen. The materials used in sfumato are oil paints and a Lombardy Panel Paper. Sfumato is used to create a painting that appears to have no lines. The subject of this painting is said to be a women named Lisa del Giocondo. Meanwhile, many other artists and historians have suggested that the subject of the painting are various other people such as Costanza d’Avalos, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Francavilla, Isabella d’Este, Cecilia Gallerani, Pacifica Brandano, Caterina Sforza and Isabella Gualanda. Some theories also suggested the woman is actually Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist himself in his own painting. The woman portrayed in the Mona Lisa has no visible eyebrows or eyelashes. The women sits in a stance ...