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Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vincic. 1503–06, perhaps continuing until c. 1517Oil on canvas 30 in × 21 inMusée du Louvre, Paris France
possibly of Lisa Gherardini
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Controversies1. Was she pregnant?
Was she da Vinici’s mistress?
2. Why did he keep the painting instead of giving it to the patron?
3. Why is she smirking?4. No wedding band on
her finger 5. A different, more
“feminine” version found underneath the original through digital reconstruction and xrays (Pascal Cotte)
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Controversies
1. Was the Mona Lisa of a man?
2. Was the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci himself?
• c. 1512• Red chalk on Paper• 13.1 in × 8.5 in• Biblioteca Reale, Turin
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
The Baptism of Christ
Andrea del Verrocchioc. 1435Florence, Italy Assisted by Leonardo da Vinci
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
L.H.O.O.Q.
Marcel Duchamp1919L.H.O.O.Q.: is a punthe letters pronounced in French sound like "Elle a chaud au cul", "She is hot in the arse";
"avoir chaud au cul" is a vulgar expression implying that a woman has sexual restlessnes
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh 1889 Oil on canvas 29 in × 36 1⁄4 inMuseum of Modern Art, New York City
Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh The drawing Cypresses in Starry Night, a reed pen copy executed by Van Gogh after the painting in 1889
