Did you know that 80% of visitors to The Louvre are there to visit the most famous painting of all time? How did the Mona Lisa get to be so famous? Fascinating video.
Why the Mona Lisa is so famous
Did you know that 80% of visitors to The Louvre are there to visit the most famous painting of all time? How did the Mona Lisa get to be so famous? Fascinating video.
I think ALL the old Masters’ works are getting pretty damned crusty with age—not that enduring art is not generally considered beautiful and sometimes uplifting and inspiring—buy why the hell haven’t there been any new masters to follow and improve upon these old ones? I don’t consider Picasso or the various French impressionists of Da Vinci’s or Michelangelo’s caliber.
So the Mona Lisa is the Apple of the 19th century, regardless of whether you think Apple is great or a sham, everybody talks about it.
One cannot consider what is art contemporaneously. Van Gogh didn’t sell a painting while he was alive.
Yes, one can, as do I. I’ll be damned if others’ opinions will ever influence my own!