print, IMO. While I'm not one to really criticize DaVinci's technical
capabilities, I too am often disappointed looking at the actual painting.
Maybe not disappointed, but certainly the reality doesn't always match my
imagination.
-Kevin
> This may be sacriligious and if my art teacher heard me say this, she'd
> likely beat me, but I prefer to see the Mona Lisa in print, in books or
> on a poster.
> Seeing her in person, up close, was WAYYYYYYYY not impressive.
> The ACT of it was. "Hey! We did the Louvre! We saw the Mona Lisa!" But
> looking at the real thing was just not mind blowing.
>
> Now when they had the exhibit of Michaelangelo's horse sketches and
> sculptures down in Washington DC YEARS ago, I was blown away by those.
> Of course horses are a passion near and dear to my heart, so that likely
> helped ...
>
> Some of the other masterpieces in the Louvre were lovely. Fascinating
> place ... what we saw of it ...
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