Apr 11th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Nearly every visitor to Paris' Louvre Museum will tell you that, once they fight through the crowds to see her, it is surprising how small the famous "Mona Lisa" painting is in person. Today's Photo of the Day shows both the crowds of tourists eager to photograph her, and the relative scale of da Vinci's lady (30 x 21 inches, if you are wanted to know) to other paintings in the museum. It ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Seeing Mona Lisa
Apr 11th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Nearly every visitor to Paris' Louvre Museum will tell you that, once they fight through the crowds to see her, it is surprising how small the famous "Mona Lisa" painting is in person. Today's Photo of the Day shows both the crowds of tourists eager to photograph her, and the relative scale of da Vinci's lady (30 x 21 inches, if you are wanted to know) to other paintings in the museum. It ...Tourist Attractions Around The World: Fact vs. Fiction
Apr 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
The wonders of the modern world define our travels. Whether we admit it or not, there's something heroic about standing on top of the Great Wall of China or hiking up to the crest above Machu Pichu for the trademark photograph. It's those photos that fuel our travels and that convince our friends and families to make the same trips. It's also those photos that define our perceptions of a ...National Gallery in London opens Da Vinci exhibition today
Nov 9th, 2011 at 2:00PM: London's National Gallery is hosting an exhibition of the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The show, titled Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, focuses on the paintings of the famous genius rather than his many other projects. It brings together nine of the only 15 or 16 paintings known to be his. The gallery boasts that it's the most complete collection of his paintings ever shown.
...Mona Lisa mob marvels Miami
Aug 30th, 2011 at 11:00AM: It's the most iconic painting ever made. The Mona Lisa, painted in the early 16th century by Leonardo Da Vinci, has inspired a whole genre of painting. Perhaps the first imitation was this one by Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Da Vinci's favorite pupil.
Since then the Mona Lisa has been reproduced on countless coffee mugs, handbags, t-shirts, mousepads, even toothpaste.
Now the Freedom Tower at ..."Mona Lisa model" to be exhumed
May 14th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Scientists are opening the grave of a nun to see if she was the model for Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The 16th century tomb of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo is being explored in the hopes of finding her skull. With modern facial reconstruction techniques, it's possible to tell what she looked like, and this will confirm or deny a popular theory that she was the model for the famous painting. ...Mona Lisa was a man, says expert
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 12:45PM: An Italian researcher, Silvano Vinceti, has an opinion about Mona Lisa: she was a he. Vinceti announced today that a male apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci was the real model for the famous painting. Gian Giacomo Caprotti, known as Salai, studied under Leonardo and he was a longtime companion of his. Vinceti speculates that Caprotti may have also been a lover of Leonardo's. After all, artists' ...Is the Mona Lisa really Da Vinci in drag?
Jan 26th, 2010 at 12:30PM: When Marcel Duchamp put a mustache and goatee on the Mona Lisa, he might have guessed more than he knew.
Italian researchers are requesting permission to dig up Leonardo Da Vinci's grave to prove their theory that his most famous painting is actually a self-portrait. Anthropologist Giorgio Gruppione wants to examine Da Vinci's skull to see if it has structural similarities to the mysterious ...McDonald's to move in next to Louvre
Oct 7th, 2009 at 1:00PM: McDonald's is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in France by opening a new location in the Carrousel du Louvre. This underground mall connects to the storied museum that is home to the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. So, if the latter had arms, she could sport the former's smile with a Big Mac.
France is McDonald's biggest market outside the United States, despite the vocal local minority, and ...Mona Lisa assaulted with coffee mug
Aug 12th, 2009 at 4:00PM: A Russian woman threw an empty terra cotta mug at the most famous painting on display at the Louvre. Despite the propelling of kitchenware, the Mona Lisa was not damaged, though the mug didn't fare as well. It shattered – a side effect of moving at a rapid speed toward a hard object that isn't going to move.
The unusual attack triggered the alarms on the painting immediately, and police ...Gadling + BootsnAll - Picks of the Week (3.6.09)
Mar 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Last week we announced a new partnership between Gadling and the self-styled "independent travel" specialists over at BootsnAll. Every Friday we'll be taking a look at some of our favorite BootsnAll content from the past week, along with a few choice words about why you should check it out. Sound good? Read on below for this week's picks...
Navigate South America's "Visa Obstacles" - the idea ...Delaware museum exhibits copy of famous art
Feb 18th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Delaware Art Museum is proud to exhibit a copy of the Mona Lisa. So, if a trip to the Louvre is not in your budget this year, consider Wilmington. You can enjoy the lovely smile of Leonardo da Vinci's Norwegian artist Tor Egil Hansen's masterpiece without breaking the bank. Apparently, Hansen spent five months (in 2004 and 2005) to create this knockoff, committing around 400 hours to paint ...Photo of the Day (05.24.08)
May 24th, 2008 at 12:30PM: I love what this photo captures! It reminds me of my first trip to Paris: I was 14 and all I remember from being in the Louvre was the hoard of tourists standing in front of the Mona Lisa practically elbowing and shoving each other just to get a photo of the famed painting. Matt Coats' title for this photo cracks me up too "Take a picture and enjoy it later, we've got things to see." Want your ...
