Pearls Before Breakfast
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3Boys:
Wah Lau ksi! That was really sharp of you :salute: .
:yikes: Hmm...some ambiguity here....if you mean a naked Mona Lisa....then I am sure it will garner major attention at the metro station....and cause a jam!!ksi:
[quote=\"3Boys\"]The poignancy of the story aside, I have to say I find the Washington Post's methodology and conclusions to be somewhat flawed. It assumes a certain level of knowledge in music in the passers-by. I for one, would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a very good performance violinist vs a superstar one like Joshua Bell. Its like sticking the genuine Mona Lisa on the wall of the metro station, without accoutrements, who would really stop to look?
Nonetheless, it was a nice vignette, with a moral of its own.
Oh...maybe Leonardo may rise from his grave too.....
Had a frisky night izzit? :evil: :imanangel:[/quote]tee hee hee....it takes one to know one... :evil:
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ksi:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:yikes: Hmm...some ambiguity here....if you mean a naked Mona Lisa....then I am sure it will garner major attention at the metro station....and cause a jam!!3Boys:
The poignancy of the story aside, I have to say I find the Washington Post's methodology and conclusions to be somewhat flawed. It assumes a certain level of knowledge in music in the passers-by. I for one, would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a very good performance violinist vs a superstar one like Joshua Bell. Its like sticking the genuine Mona Lisa on the wall of the metro station, without accoutrements, who would really stop to look?
Nonetheless, it was a nice vignette, with a moral of its own. Oh...maybe Leonardo may rise from his grave too..... -
Like this one?
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Nude, Mona Lisa-like painting discovered
(Discovery News)
Leonardo da Vinci, in a Renaissance version of Mad Magazine, may have painted his famous Mona Lisa in a number of ways, including nude. Now, a painting has surfaced that looks much like the original, sparking debate over just how far the master took his iconic painting.
The newly revealed painting, hidden for almost a century within the wood wall of a private library, shows a portrait of a half-naked woman with clear links to the famous (and clothed) Mona Lisa.
The work, which documents suggest was at least based on never-seen similar work by da Vinci, is now on exhibit at the Museo Ideale in the Tuscan town of Vinci, where da Vinci was born in 1452.
The lady in the portrait does not exactly resemble the original Mona Lisa, but there is little doubt it has parallels with the painting hanging at the Louvre museum in Paris.
\"The frontal look, the position of the hands, the spatial conception of the landscape, with columns at the sides, show a clear link with the Mona Lisa's iconographic theme,\" Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the museum, told Discovery News.
The naked portrait once belonged to Napoleon's uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839) and was ensconced within the wood walls of Fesch's private library for nearly a century, before trading more hands within the Napoleon family.
Source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31320879/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/nude-mona-lisa-like-painting-surfaces/# -
Oh my! schweppes...you really the-can-dig..lidat also you can find...:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:
So now we know Leonardo might have a fettish for such a pose, his signature style...clothed or unclothed.. :rotflmao:
3Boys, so your imagination is not too far off from Leonardo's afterall!!! :rotflmao:
PS: Is the picture appropriate in 'recess time'? :? It looks quite fuzzy to me... -
Here's Fernando Botero's version of Mona Lisa and Adam & Eve to stop traffic.
Quirky and fun!!
Mona Lisa
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... and Adam & Eve
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OMG schweppes!!....what a nice breakfast this morning with so much fun and laughter... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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ksi:
Oh my! schweppes...you really the-can-dig..lidat also you can find...:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:
recall reading this bit of info in the past.ksi:
So now we know Leonardo might have a fettish for such a pose, his signature style...clothed or unclothed.. :rotflmao:
3Boys, so your imagination is not too far off from Leonardo's afterall!!! :rotflmao:
PS: Is the picture appropriate in 'recess time'? :? It looks quite fuzzy to me...
Think it's ok lah. 16th century art still look quite chaste lah. But 21st century \"art\"... not so sure. Anyway, thought the accompany article helps us to understand a bit of art history. -
I saw someone posting this on FB but didn't have the source of the video, and there was only the message of the poster, not the entire article. So when I saw your link....My oh my, 3Boys, thanks for the link!
I don't know who Joshua Bell is - I am the sort who listens to classical music without knowing the names of the pieces, composers (except for the more famous pieces) and musicians. But what I can say is that if I was there, I would have stopped - really stopped to listen - I am the type who does - and I would have made my kids stop to watch him. However, I have to admit that if I was one of those rushing to work, or rushing to bring my kid to school, then :faint: Maybe, I'd slow down my pace, but I would have had to keep walking.
As for the kids - they often stop along the way to school as they want to 'pick up that leave', 'catch that spider', 'see that stairs in that drain', 'watch the ants carry food to their nest', 'feed that pigeon with the sandwich (in his hand)', 'see that lady with the clutches', 'catch that caterpillar hanging down from the tree'....but how often do we allow them to cos we have to rush to work, to school, to here and to there?
We can't, but perhaps little moments here and there. -
schweppes:
Oh my eyes! They're burning!Here's Fernando Botero's version of Mona Lisa and Adam & Eve to stop traffic.
Quirky and fun!!
Mona Lisa
... and Adam & Eve
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schweppes:
Ok I get my confirmation.ksi:
Oh my! schweppes...you really the-can-dig..lidat also you can find...:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:
recall reading this bit of info in the past.ksi:
So now we know Leonardo might have a fettish for such a pose, his signature style...clothed or unclothed.. :rotflmao:
3Boys, so your imagination is not too far off from Leonardo's afterall!!! :rotflmao:
PS: Is the picture appropriate in 'recess time'? :? It looks quite fuzzy to me...
Think it's ok lah. 16th century art still look cute chaste lah. But 21st century \"art\"... not so sure. Anyway, thought the accompany article helps us to understand a bit of art history.
Thanks for sharing....
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