Professor discovers hidden literary references in the Mona Lisa

Queen's University ^ | January 6, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

Queen’s University Classics professor emeritus Ross Kilpatrick believes the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, incorporates images inspired by the Roman poet Horace and Florentine poet Petrarch. The technique of taking a passage from literature and incorporating it into a work of art is known as ‘invention’ and was used by many Renaissance artists.

“The composition of the Mona Lisa is striking. Why does Leonardo have an attractive woman sitting on a balcony, while in the background there is an entirely different world that is vast and barren?” says Dr. Kilpatrick. “What is the artist trying to say?”

[decimon]

I believe this an update to prior posts.

[decimon]

Men have named you ping.

[Red_Devil 232]

Didn’t someone else claim to have found some kind of code in her eyes?

[freekitty]

I found a kitty cat. :)

[UCANSEE2]

“Why does Leonardo have an attractive woman sitting on a balcony, while in the background there is an entirely different world that is vast and barren?” says Dr. Kilpatrick. “What is the artist trying to say?”

Uh.... that he likes attractive women ?????

[UCANSEE2]

Didn’t someone else claim to have found some kind of code in her eyes?

Would that work as a pick-up line at the bar?

[decimon]

Didn’t someone else claim to have found some kind of code in her eyes?

Or somewhere. IIRC, there is some writing in the painting. If this is that same writing then maybe someone has made sense of it. The story in this article shows a consistency between the writing and the visuals.

[UCANSEE2]

[JennysCool]

Actually, I believe she had a code in her nose.

Rimshot! Achoo!

[UCANSEE2]

Do Mona Lisa’s Eyes Hide a Secret Code? http://news.discovery.com/history/do-mona-lisas-eyes-hide-a-secret-code.html

[decimon]

Didn’t someone else claim to have found some kind of code in her eyes?

Would that work as a pick-up line at the bar?

"Your eyes are like limpid pools of prose."

[Beowulf9]

Lol!

[UCANSEE2]

"Your eyes are like limpid pools of prose."

Nah, too gay (literary gay).

Needs to be something more like, "I am James Bond, and the secret code that will save the planet is written on your iris. Bartender, please bring the lady another drink."

[InvisibleChurch]

eff you jumble her name around you come up with “no salami” . she a vegetarian

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

eff you jumble her name around you come up with “no salami” . she a vegetarian

But, maybe not. Maybe Da Vinci was trying to hide that salami somewhere on her person?

[InvisibleChurch]

But, maybe not. Maybe Da Vinci was trying to hide that salami somewhere on her person?

this is why there will never be peace between men

[Hot Tabasco]

If you lie on the ground and stare at the clouds long enough, eventually you’ll see the Mona Lisa.......

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Ah yes, literature and art as a puzzle - what does it mean, man, what does it mean?

[Hot Tabasco]

The technique of taking a passage from literature and incorporating it into a work of art

Whoa, does that mean that Nat King Cole inspired da Vinci????? Who woulda thought.......

[decimon]

...cold and lonely, lovely work of art.