June 19, 2012

Mona Lisa

I remember last summer going to France and Rome. We went to Musee du Louvre, an extravagant museum. I'm not sure what really caught my eye, the Mona Lisa or just the many people surrounding the painting. I heard so many things about it, how amazing this portrait is. But finally when I was able to get up to the front of the crowd, I felt like I understand what was so great about this portrait. The realism, and emotion you can feel from the painting. And the one thing that stuck with me, was her eyes. Every time you would move, it felt like her eyes would be watching you, amazing indeed. Have you ever saw a portrait, painting, sculptor that really caught your eye and made you think differently after seeing the real thing instead of hearing about it, or in pictures?


Lynsie Chu (Art 5)


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2 comments:

John Machado said...

All it takes for the effect of "the eyes following you" to work is to have the person in the painting, or photograph, look straight ahead. If a person in a painting is looking straight out, it will always appear that way, regardless of the angle you are looking at it because the painting itself doesn’t change. You’re looking at a flat surface. The pattern of light and dark remains the same, the three-dimensional effect is an illusion of chiaroscuro.

6/19/2012
Naijahlece Calhoun said...

Yes, I've had many experience where just seeing something in person rather than hearing about it has opened my eyes to other intricatcies of beauty that the object of my attention holds. The Mona Lisa, I have not been fortunate enough to see just yet, but just from pictures of it you can see the details and emotion that just seem to captivate you. The portrait is beautiful in that it shows so much reality from the clothing, facial feature and positioning details. even the slight smerk makes you wonder and get that much more into the piece.
Naijahlece Calhoun
Art3

7/16/2012

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