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The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as
"the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about,
the most parodied work of art in the world.
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del
Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted
between 1503 and 1506, although Leonardo may have continued working on it as
late as 1517. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of
the French Republic, on permanent display at The Louvre museum in Paris since 1797.The
ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as
enigmatic, the
monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the
atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the
continuing fascination and study of the work.
"the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about,
the most parodied work of art in the world.
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del
Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted
between 1503 and 1506, although Leonardo may have continued working on it as
late as 1517. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of
the French Republic, on permanent display at The Louvre museum in Paris since 1797.The
ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as
enigmatic, the
monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the
atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the
continuing fascination and study of the work.
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Vincent van Gogh painted Still Life: Vase
with Twelve Sunflowers in the summer of 1888. In mid-August of that year,
Vincent van Gogh wrote to his friend Emile Bernard that he was painting canvases
of sunflowers
to brighten the walls of his studio. Van Gogh described the vivid colors he was
using in Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers chrome yellow and
royal blue and compared the effect to stained-glass windows. The thickly
worked paint, which sculpts the flower petals and creates a basket weave pattern
on the table's surface and the curve of the vase, heightens the color
effects.
with Twelve Sunflowers in the summer of 1888. In mid-August of that year,
Vincent van Gogh wrote to his friend Emile Bernard that he was painting canvases
of sunflowers
to brighten the walls of his studio. Van Gogh described the vivid colors he was
using in Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers chrome yellow and
royal blue and compared the effect to stained-glass windows. The thickly
worked paint, which sculpts the flower petals and creates a basket weave pattern
on the table's surface and the curve of the vase, heightens the color
effects.