| The Mona Lisa, Which We Do Not See |
Point of view considered as the perspective of the artist, the model, and the viewer.
The first two belong mostly to art historians. The third perspective is ours, and it prevents us from seeing the painting.
We might consider the perspectives of
1. The artist, Leondardo Di Vinci
2. The model, unknown
3. But, mostly, there is us, there is we, as viewers, in a position of recognition, recognizing what we can no longer see.
The authentic Web reproduction at the Louvre.4. We can never recover an unmediated view of the painting.The aura of the painting:
a. its fame, its value, and its isolation as object
b. its proliferation as image
c. its appropriation and parodyingParodies and Appropriations:
Yasumasa Morimura
Marcel DuchampMona Lisa Images for the Modern World, or a Giocondophiliac's Delight:
Resources and Web Links to Monalisiana and related subjects
Our knowledge of the painting expands steadily and intervenes.