Look Closer, And That Mona Lisa’s Made From Thousands Of Doodles
This is a nice recreation of the Mona Lisa, right? Now look closer: [detail] The drawing is actually a mash-up of thousands of doodles–of giggling dogs and buxom bunnies and amorphous alien creatures–painstakingly rendered to capture the likeness of the Mona Lisa. It’s like a happy marriage of Leonardo da Vinci and James Thurber.The … Read more
Early copy of Mona Lisa found
This is exciting news for the art world! It’s also fascinating to see the two side by side, as I think Leonardo’s mastery of painting is displayed even more through comparison. Restorers at the Prado Museum in Madrid, working on what they thought was a 16th or 17th century replica of the Mona Lisa, have discovered … Read more
