...Brittney Reed Professor Turner AR115 27 September 2014 The Mystery Surrounding Mona Lisa Mona Lisa is one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most poetic and famous pictures he painted. Painted in 1503-1505 with oil on a panel, the meaning of this most recognized painting in the world has left many wondering about the portrait’s meaning and why it has changed over time (Harris & Zucker, 2012). The evolution around the Mona Lisa painting has grown over the centuries after it was completed. This and many other of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and writing has became ever so popular because of who the artist is and the detail and technique that he used in them. Another reason the it fascinates me and many others is when you are looking into her eyes they seem to follow you where ever you move. This gives an erie feeling that people in the recent decades thrive for in today’s decade. The painting is also very mysteries. Who is Mona Lisa? Who was she posing for? What is the little smirk on her face? As most of the portraits that were see in that era there are no smiling faces, a blank look if you will. Many say that Mona Lisa is the wife of a Florentine merchant and the painting was intended for her husband (Harris & Zucker, 2012). After Leonardo had finished the painting it was never given to the husband and Leonardo decided to keep it for himself as he went to work for the King of France, Francis I and why that is to this day remains a mystery (Harris & Zucker, 2012). Portraits...
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...I believe the primary reason that the Mona Lisa has become so famous is that fact that the painting holds a mystery that no one can prove 100 % proof of how, when, why it was created. Many rumors has been created of her making saying that it was Leonardo Da Vinci dressed as a woman in a self-portrait, others has stated that a man by the name of Franceso del Glocondo, a wealthy silk merchant was the husband of Mona Lisa and he paid Leonardo Da Vinci to paint her, others believe that it could even be his mother. Regardless of the reason why and who she is there is something that makes people overly intrigued by her plain and awkward beauty. I learned through my reading that Leonardo Da Vinci was infamous for not completely a piece of art and Mona Lisa almost didn’t get complete. In Florence, Italy on 1503 or 1504 Leonardo Da Vinci began painting The Mona Lisa. But he did not finish it until 1519 in France when the king had him to stay in 1516, so that he can finish The Mona Lisa. His oil painting of the unknown woman caught a lot of attention over the past 500 years. Looking at the Mona Lisa a person can see many things she is trying to say without moving her lips. Leonardo Da Vinci created this piece of create with facial features that say a lot without saying anything. Her eyes speaks of flirtation, calmness, investigation, along with a smirk. The eyes of the portrait is amazing to see how it can look at you without blinking. Even the fact that he didn’t create her perfect...
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...Mona Lisa The lady behind the painting By: Max Beagle I. Introduction A. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci’. B. The location of the painting is in the Musee du Louvre. C. The Mona Lisa was worked on for four years. D. Till this day there has been many debates and a multitude of theories in an effort to uncover the mysteries behind the Mona Lisa E. The two biggest mysteries are the identity of the lady in the paint and the nature of her smile. II. Who is the lady behind the painting? a. Most commonly known as Lisa Gherardini Giocondo b. Another rumor is she is to be da Vinci’s mistress, Duchess of Milan (Isabella). Da Vinci was the family’s painter. c. Others believe the Mona Lisa is a feminine version of da Vinci. Digital analysis reveals da Vinci’s facial characteristics are perfectly aligned with one another. III. The Smile a. The painting technique is referred to as “sfumato” meaning “vanished” or “smoky”. This technique leaves interpretation to the viewer’s imagination. b. When looking at the portrait it appears the Mona Lisa is smiling. When looked at closely, she is no longer smiling. The appearing and disappearing of her smile is an attribute to the viewer’s vision. c. The painting remains an enigma to art enthusiasts. d. Famous French artist, Luc Maspero jumped four floors from a hotel to his death. In his suicide not he said “I preferred death after years of struggling to understand the mystery...
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...Haylie Jefferson Extra Credit Art Appreciation February 10, 2016 Mona Lisa is Missing August 11, 1911 was a dramatic day for Paris. One of the most famous paintiin the world, the Mona Lisa, was stolen from Louvre Museum. The man who stole the painting was named Vincenzo Peruggia. This is a large crime and no one would ever think that Peruggia would be able to do something like this. He is a small, uneducated, working man. Joe Medeiros, the director and writer of this film is trying to figure out exactly how this happened. Joe travels across the country to meet Peruggia’s daughter, Cheltiza to get some unanswered questions. After talking with her, he quickly finds out that she never even knew her father. Peruggia died on October 8, 1945 which is his birthday as well and his body was buried in France. She was very young when he passed away and her mother remarried her dead husbands brother. They hid the fact that her father was a theft for 18 years and never told her about anything. She only knew small things about the theft that she had heard. She says that the reason her father did it was for patriotism from his country and wanted to get revenge on his co-workers that would make fun of him and call him “macaroni” because he was from Italy and that’s all she really knew about him. Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa on August 11, 1911. He stole the painting in for two whole years. He got into the museum with his old work because they were cleaning the pictures glass. At the time he...
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...Leonardo's Mona Lisa AR115 Introduction to the Visual Arts Park University Mr. Trevis Martin December 2, 2012 Leonardo's Mona Lisa The tetragrammaton simply means "four letters," YHWH; which stand for the name of the God of Israel, and means "to be." The proper pronunciation and spelling was too holy to say or write that it was lost centuries ago and cannot be found in any ancient writings; therefore, Israelis substituted the name to Yahweh, or Jehovah, but only pronounce and write Adoni which means Lord. There are some things that cannot be explained, and this sort of story is not only found in religion, it can also be found in art. She is called The Mona Lisa, a most-beautiful "strange image [that] strikes at the subconscious with a force that is extremely rare in an individual work of art" (Sassoon, 2003). Her popularity is beyond comprehension and colors and lines too deep to express, and one's words are lost when one looks at her gaze. Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher (2010) explain that "the word 'art' cannot be found in any English dictionary before 1880 and that even when it did appear it was used primarily with reference to painting" (Zelanski & Fisher, 2010, p.13). Furthermore, the Oxford Dictionary defines art as "the skillful production of the beautiful in visible forms" (qtd. in Zelanski & Fisher 13). This almost sounds like an oxymoron; "beautiful in visible forms." How can one produce beauty, or better yet, how can someone...
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...Did you know the world’s most famous painting the Mona Lisa was by a Renaissance man? In fact, most famous pieces of art mentioned in textbooks or hung up in museums were done by Renaissance men. So, how did these paintings come to be? Well, that question starts with fall and the rebirth of a country. That fall was the fall of Rome; very similar to spending hours and hours building a snowman only to have it melt in matter of minutes, except hours were actually decades and the snowman was an empire. The fall of Rome left people defenseless, and the Pope who hardly ever got involved in political matters, began ordering armies to take over cities. Men rode in on horses to Jerusalem, the holy capital of the world and decapitated those who were blasphemous against the holy one. And the chaos only further ensued when the Crusaders, Christian soldiers, got a hold of Jerusalem, they went after the Jews and non believers and so on. But, people finally had...
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...Office Space Design Conventions and Impact on Productivity Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/office-space-design-conventions-and-impact-on-productivity-5425505.html A lot of people are only vaguely aware how the office layout can affect the disposition of its occupants. This is known as office psychology, and it can affect the productivity levels of workers. Since the style and theme of the office space is drawn from the creative taste of its interior designer, it is no wonder that most office space layouts are inspired by modernist trends. However, the layout typically follows the psychological process of the occupants to make them more productive. More and more modern offices are designed to maximize social interaction between colleagues unlike the traditional cubicle setup where each employee is practically caged. This is implemented under the idea that social interaction and free communication enhances critical thinking, and generates ideas and productivity. This is characterized by open offices with wide aisles and non-enclosed stations, allowing free face-to-face communication when necessary. The modern open office is normally wide, open, bright, and may or may not have wide windows to let in light. The view outside should allow peace of mind and help generate ideas especially for creative projects. The office space must also have a warm and welcoming reception area. This may be decorated with the company's awards, accomplishments, and goals to...
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...The title of the film itself hints towards the emotional ambiguity as it was in Mona Lisa’s smile which has been a topic of debate for years now. This film portraying life of 1950’s high society is based on similar instances where characters face such ambiguity in emotions due to circumstances, their choices and societal norms. The film circles around an elite prestigious private women’s college called Wellesley which is conservative institution and has its core in traditional values and societal norms, the lead protagonist with a liberal mindset challenging those values and system and the girls of the college who are in ambiguity to decide who of the above two is right. This film not only sheds light on the ambiguity of emotions or confusion due to transitioning stages among two eras about women’s role and status in society, it also gives you an insight into different frames and their interaction with the structure of organizations and society. How every individual relates to a structure basis their needs, temperament and style. How different leadership style impacts you. The main characters in the film and their personality will help us understand these frames, relationships and complexities surrounding them. Katherine Watson – The Lead Protagonist: She is a a 30-year-old, unmarried, progressive, art history teacher hired by Wellesley College. She is from progressive California, where class distinctions have lost the importance and women act according to their own ideals rather...
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...Virtual Art Trip The Mona Lisa and The Wedding Feast at Cana are two very popular works of fine art, which happen to be displayed in the same room at the Louvre. Even though both of these share a median of oil paint that seems to be where their similarities end. The Mona Lisa is painted on a panel which allows no light at all to come through the back of the image; whereas The Wedding Feast at Cana is painted on canvas allowing the possibility of light to seep through the back. This can actually cause the painting to have a radiant effect. Since the focal point of The Wedding Feast at Cana is Jesus at the center with a glowing halo around his head, this appearance brings our attention back to Him. This is a wonderful place to show that The Mona Lisa’s warmer colors seem to pull more towards the front of this portrait piece while the cooler colors of The Wedding Feast at Cana seem to be further back and there are more people visual. There is a unity to The Wedding Feast at Cana and all of the people, animals, and décor. All of the pieces seem to work in harmony to create union; whereas The Mona Lisa seems to be in more disarray. She has a river in her backdrop which on one side seems to be completely chaotic and on the other side seems to be completely tranquil. The proportion in The Mona Lisa is very dramatic and only apparent if you pay attention to the background. In The Wedding Feast at Cana it is scaled down considerably. It gives a more realistic affect as if you are...
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...Mona Lisa Smile; From a Sociological Perspective A Mike Newell directed inspirational film, falls in place with the setting in the American picture of woman life at a tradition bound all-girl college. Set in the era where women were different than they are today, it explores life through marriage, feminism, and education with the protagonist in a form of a modernist female teacher, seeking to liberalize minds at the significant end of a traditional era. The story began with the introduction of the protagonist, Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a fresh novice professor with a socially progressive mindset hailing from the state of California, who takes up a job in the art history department at what we could call a snobbish girls college; Wellesley in the fall of year 1953. Disregarding warnings from her boyfriend Paul (John Slattery) that this job’s environment was unsuitable for her element of thoughts; Katherine was enthusiastic at the prospect of educating the classrooms to some of the most brilliant and brightest women in her country. Her first impression of Wellesley was however dampened by the first day of class, being humiliated by her smug students who demonstrated their impressive knowledge of the text syllabus in front of her supervisor. Katherine determined to not be shaken by their, and chose to stray from the syllabus to regain the upper hand; an idea which was opposed by the college president. Katherine challenged the girl’s ideas of what constituted...
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...You know her as Phoebe in the long time running hit television show F.R.I.E.N.D.S. But did you know that Lisa Kudrow has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology? Maybe you are trying to remember and can only recall her famous song titled “Smelly Cat.” “Smelly cat, smelly cat. What are they feeding you? Smelly cat, smelly cat. It's not your fault. They won't take you to the vet. You're obviously not their favorite pet.” Sitcom fans can attest this is one of the best songs heard on television. But Kudrow earned credits, according to Brit, on her father’s study on headaches. Her dad was a doctor, too. Secretly, this is a bigger deal than “Smelly Cat.” Her academic achievements surpass that of Smelly Cat, no matter how good that song was....
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...Cat in the in rain My assignment will contain an analysis of the short story: “Cat in the rain” written by Ernst Hemmingway. In my analysis and discussion I will focus on literary modernism and the lost generation, what typical features of the period, of the generation and of Hemingway’s style we see in the text, besides the text in from the 1920’s. The story is written in third person omniscient narrator, who deals with several different characters appearing in the short story. In the story we follow a couple and particularly the woman, and her vision on the relationship between her and her husband. She deals with many different issues, which appears in the way she is described throughout the story, and by the way she interacts among the other characters. The couple is on vacation in Italy, where they are staying at a hotel. The story takes place a rainy day. The American woman is looking outside the window, when she suddenly sees a cat hidden under a table from getting wet by the rain. She decides to go outside, to save the cat. On her way, to rescue the cat from the rain, she comes across the padrone of the hotel. He sends a maid out to help the American girl. When they gets to the table, where the cat were suppose to be, it was strangely enough gone, in proportion to how strange it is for a cat to walk into the rain, when they hate water. When she returns to her room, she is al of the sudden sad and annoyed. Without knowing why, she just wanted the cat so bad. When she...
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...system in place. She KEEPS MODIFYING and MONITORING continuously. * *The case also stresses the importance of good team design similar to the C&S Wholesale Grocers* Lisa Benton Case Summary In my opinion, the Lisa Benton case study is really not that important (sorry). The major point is boss-subordinate relationships and, by extensions, interpersonal relationships period. Regardless, the story is kind of interesting (and not because it was the only case study in which major characters were more than likely getting it on). The summary is as follows: while Lisa Benton she attended Harvard Business School, worked as the first female manager for Right-Away stores, a company where she won accolades for her “roll-up-your sleeves” approach and charmed the president, Scott Kingston, so much that he offered her a full-time job at Right-Away stores after she graduated. However, she was also offered a job at Houseworld’s Care Division, appealing because of its classical and famous excellent marketing training. She chose to turn down the higher salary and a bigger position partly because of her worries of taking on too much responsibility and partly because of Right-Away’s rundown warehouse and lack of other female manager and, instead, joined Houseworld. At Houseworld, she was charmed by the friendly and professional people she met initially but ended up under Deborah Linton, who immediately made it clear she was biased against Harvard MBAs. The friendly people she had met...
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...November 29, 2015 Exam 4 Extra Credit I chose an advertisement for ANT which is an organization that helps treat cancer patients for free in their homes. In the advertisement they show the Mona Lisa without any hair on her head. The classical painting, Mona Lisa, is supposed to represent the most beautiful woman back when the painting was created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Mona Lisa is said to be the most talked about and visiting painting out of any other painting. Although it is not one of the most well-done, outstanding paintings of all time, it is still obviously very popular and captured the eye of hundreds of thousands of people. The Mona Lisa is said to be the icon of the renaissance. Overall, the Mona Lisa is supposed to be a woman who many people find gorgeous and has an unforgettable gaze in her eyes. It leaves the people looking at it wondering exactly what she is looking at or even where she is looking. Her calm hands seem to show she is at ease, yet her eyes have many different interpretations to many different people. Some people think she is comfortable and happy, while others think she is sort of sad or in pain about something. There are hundreds interpretations about the Mona Lisa. The only change that the advertiser made to the classic painting of the Mona Lisa is he or she took away her hair. Everything else about her including her dress, hands, posture, even the background is all kept the exact same as the original. Nothing at all had changed except for...
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...Lisa Benton Case Study Executive Summary Lisa Benton is a Harvard MBA who had completed a very successful internship with Right-Away stores, a convenience store chain in Chicago. Although she was offered an attractive position at Right-Away, Benton chose to accept a lower-paying, more junior position at Houseworld because of the company’s greater prestige and reputation for offering excellent classical marketing training in a structured environment. Benton had met several members of the Houseworld product management team during the recruiting process and been impressed with how knowledgeable and friendly they were. However, Benton’s first day of work as an assistant product manager in the Home Care division did not match her expectations. Benton’s new boss, Deborah Linton, offered a cool reception. Linton made clear during their first meeting with Benton that she didn’t like Harvard MBAs and gave the impression that she had no time to help train and orient her new employee. Instead, Benton was shown around by Linton’s other report, associate product manager Ron Scoville, who struck her as condescending and also derisive of MBAs. During her first weeks at Houseworld, Benton developed a good relationship with others in the company. However, she continued to be frustrated by her team. She was consistently relegated to analysis and excluded from strategy and, as such, felt that her talents and training were not being fully utilized. Benton was also troubled by her boss’s lack of...
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