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Leonardo da Vinci modelled the “Mona Lisa” on the face of his young male apprentice and lover, an Italian art historian has claimed.
Most scholars believe Leonardo’s most famous portrait depicts Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant.
But Silvano Vinceti, the head of a team of researchers, believes instead that the painting was inspired by Gian Giacomo Caprotti, who began working with the Renaissance master as a child and became one of his most trusted companions.
He said several of Leonardo’s works, including two paintings of St John the Baptist and a lesser-known drawing called “Angel Incarnate,” were based on Caprotti.
All of them portray a slim, rather effeminate youth with curly hair.
There were striking similarities between those works and that of the Mona Lisa, particularly in the depiction of mouths and noses, said Mr Vinceti, the head of the National Committee for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage.
“Salai was a favourite model for Leonardo,” he said. “Leonardo certainly inserted characteristics of Salai in the ... Mona Lisa.”
Caprotti is thought to have entered Leonardo’s household around 1490, when he was about 10 years old.
Working as Leonardo’s assistant for the next 20 years, he acquired the nickname Salai, or Little Devil. He was the subject of several erotic drawings produced by the Renaissance genius.
“Salai was very handsome and probably Leonardo’s lover,” said Mr Vinceti. “He stole from Leonardo and caused him many problems, but the artist always forgave him.”
Other art historians were sceptical about the theory, however.
Pietro Marani, a Leonardo authority and the author of several books on the artist, called the theory “groundless.”
Previous scholars have claimed that Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa as a disguised self-portrait, or based the work, with its famously enigmatic smile, on his mother.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8299190/Mona-Lisa-was-a-boy.htmlLeonardo da Vinci modelled the “Mona Lisa” on the face of his young male... more
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pop!talk was invited by former high fashion model turned artist Conor Mccreedy to his first solo exhibition at the prestigious National Arts Club, where he was the youngest artist to ever have a show in the Clubs history.
pop!talk special correspondent Shakei Haynes interviews Conor about the shows OUTLIERS theme, how he was able to establish himself at such a young age, and what advice he has in store for up and coming, aspiring artists.
Check out our other interviews featuring Conor Mccreedy:
- Conor Mccreedy: Outlier on the Move - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJRC-e...
- Conor Mccreedy: The Art Worlds Next Renaissance Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TvSV...
- Conor Mccreedy: International Art Superstar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1tek...
Visit Conors website: http://www.conormccreedy.com
OH YEAH!pop!talk was invited by former high fashion model turned artist Conor Mccreedy to his... more
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While not entirely true across the board, as is true for preconceived notions, there are a few celebrated artists out there who truly pushed the boundaries of what the communities around them considered the status quo.
Link: http://graphicdesigndegrees.org/10-most-eccentric-artists-ever-to-live/While not entirely true across the board, as is true for preconceived notions, there... more
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TORONTO (AP) — Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da Vinci— in part by examining a fingerprint on the canvas.
Peter Paul Biro, a Montreal-based forensic art expert, said Tuesday that a fingerprint on what was presumed to be a 19th-century German painting of a young woman has convinced art experts that it's actually a da Vinci.
Canadian-born art collector Peter Silverman bought "Profile of the Bella Principessa" at the Ganz gallery in New York on behalf of an anonymous Swiss collector in 2007 for about $19,000. New York art dealer Kate Ganz had owned it for about 11 years after buying it at auction for a similar price.
One London art dealer now says it could be worth more than $150 million.
If experts are correct, it will be the first major work by da Vinci to be identified in 100 years.
Biro said the print of an index or middle finger was found on the painting and that it matched a fingerprint from da Vinci's St Jerome in the Vatican. Biro examined multispectral images of the painting taken by the Luminere Technology laboratory in Paris. The lab used a special digital scanner to show successive layers of the work.
"Leonardo used his hands liberally and frequently as part of his painting technique. His fingerprints are found on many of his works," Biro said. "I was able to make use of multispectral images to make a little smudge a very readable fingerprint."
Technical, stylistic and material composition evidence also point to it being a da Vinci. Biro said there's strong consensus among art experts that it is a da Vinci painting.TORONTO (AP) — Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da... more
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If you believe, as Maurizio Seracini does, that Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest painting is hidden inside a wall in Florence’s city hall, then there are two essential techniques for finding it. As usual, Leonardo anticipated both of them.
First, concentrate on scientific gadgetry. After spotting what seemed to be a clue to Leonardo’s painting left by another 16th-century artist, Dr. Seracini led an international team of scientists in mapping every millimeter of the wall and surrounding room with lasers, radar, ultraviolet light and infrared cameras. Once they identified the likely hiding place, they developed devices to detect the painting by firing neutrons into the wall.
if you would like to learn more about Leonardo go to www.leonardoshands.comIf you believe, as Maurizio Seracini does, that Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest... more
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"Rainier Elstermann series "Old Masters", recreates classic art staples replacing the original models with children, giving the end results a strange kind of gravitas." Amazing work and awesome talent!"Rainier Elstermann series "Old Masters", recreates classic art staples... more
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The holy and the profane, or the spiritual and the corporeal, begun to intermingle in Renaissance life and art. Towards the end of the Renaissance the erotic content became more and more evident. Mannerism produced images where a mythological or allegorical motif appears only as a disguise for erotic contents. Quasi sacred motifs such as Cornelisz's painting The Monk with a Nun were just cover ups for erotica if not almost pornography.The holy and the profane, or the spiritual and the corporeal, begun to intermingle in... more
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