History of Arts

 HISTORY OF ARTS: 2ND SEMESTER

WEEK 1: WHO IS MONA LISA IS SHE A WOMAN?

   Mona Lisa is a famous well know art of Leonardo Da Vinci, inventor, artist, excellent man in renaissance period. And now still known. His Master pieces Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) is a popular art work of the century it became a mystery of who is the girl behind the painting. In 1500 when Leonardo Da Vinci have returned in France., He spent 17 years in Milan, after French army invaded his invention, he got weary of using his brush. It was also from the observation of the priest in France  Father Pretra.(youtube:Monalisa Secret life) And what interest him, in painting again in the late 1503 is when a woman came in his studio to ask him to paint her. This woman that have mentioned is part of the researcher study and what is in the mind of the great artist while making this painting. Other said it was a dream, inspiration of what Da Vinci want to became a suspections of being a Gay. Proves it on how detailed he draw the body structure of a man, but still every question does not end and a limited answer that has no prof. 

 

  Mona Lisa the woman behind the painting that Leonardo created was said to be a House wife in the middle class family. Her name is LISA DEL GIOCONDO. wife of a businessman Florante Fracesco del Giocondo. They say she was pregnant with her second child, when she ask Leonardo to paint her. the speculation came from how she sit and the position of her hands, But being a wife of Francesco is still a question for the ring that symbolized that she is already married is not seen in the artwork.The status that proves of being a middle class classify by the ornament w/c also not found in the Mona Lisa. Behind her hidden smile is said to leonardo mother smile, it was his signature in his artwork the Mother Figure Smile . Mona Lisa is interpreted to be a great psychological photo.

 It Come to my  mind while watching the Documentary of the Da Vinci Life and Works that, can a man make an art without putting any meaning to it? I mean may be we notice something like a code that reveal mystery, just giving them a meaning . Whenever i looked at Mona Lisa painting in the internet the only observation that i can see is a woman w/o an eyebrow unsure smile and wide forehead. The blending of color that was and understanding on how did the artist start the artwork, did he used guidelines in making the face of the model? How about the woman behind it? may be she wanted to be painted by a famous artist. right? May be i don't understand the way an artist is thinking because never tried to make a painting of a human as a model. But as i analyze it in creating a art your attention is on your model you just draw your feelings or what you see, putting a code and a hidden message on your painting is something that you cannot think when you are making an art. The message can only be seen after the painting was finish and sometimes the viewer is the one who interpret the painting that you had made. Make sense right? I think Da Vinci didn't realized that his painting will be famous in the future and carrying for almost 17 years of his travel it may be the greatest Art of his Life.