Angelica Lee A.

Palmero July 02, 2019

BS Pharmacy 2Y1-2 ARTA 211

Ethereally Odd

A Critique Paper of the Painting: Monalisa

Mona Lisa or La Gioconda is a painting painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the year 1503. The
painting is painted as oil in a canvas wood. Mona Lisa is a very old famous painting and is
described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about,
the most parodied work of art in the worlds” as it holds a lot of meaning in every perspections of
the viewer.

Focusing on the painting, what I admire the most is how he painted an illusion of veil in the
woman’s hair which almost look like her hair, not until you look at it closely. How he managed to
get the transition on it was absolutely wonderful. Each and every transition he had was blended
so perfectly that you won’t notice off color within the painting. There were no visible line strokes
on pictures where we can see it so it’s kinda amazing. How he envisioned what part would get
the light and what part would be in dark was so creative. Ike he wanted the woman to shine
together with the clear sky, he made it brighter and chose a somewhat dark and duller color for
the dress. Though I appreciate how he did that, as for my preference I wished that Leonardo
used bright color in portraying a woman rather that dull and dark colors as it portrayed like
somewhat creepy painting, though I can’t say anything negative on how he did his art well
probably except for the eyebrows. I wished he made her eyebows a little bit thicker because I do
have thin eyebrows and I really like to have a little bit thick eyebrows. I don’t know if that’s the
trend before but maybe just that. What also amazed e is not only the painting of the woman but
also the painting of the surroundings. It was so fascinating on how he also wanted to make the
surroundings shine or be in somewhat spotlight without taking the real spotlight from the
woman. Painting is harder tha drawing so I believe that being able to create a realistic painting is
so amazing. The painting is somewhat so realistic that Mona Lisa can pop out of the painting any
time, just kidding.

As for how I interpreted the painting, I think what Leonardo da Vinci wanted t portay is the
kind of beauty he sees through his eye. Mona Lisa was said to be a wife of one of his customer,
so he envisioned her the way he wanted. He depicted the beauty he saw on the wife of his
customer. He wanted not only to portray the beauty of a woman, but also the beauty of the
clothing and the surroundings, as well as the beauty of the overall painting. However as you get
to focus on it more, the picture also seems kinda sad,and creepy. Her eyes wasn’t so full that it
seems super mysterious. You may be asking “How is she feeling? Is she sad or happy?”. The
emotions in her eyes portray undefinite answers. The smile she gives off is not exactly a smile
but rather a smirk or a fake smile. It’s confusing to think about it as you look at it for the nth
time.

Adding all of it the painting wasn’t exactly the one that calms you, well for me, but a
painting that’ll make you think. Is she a portrayal of a women who wanted to uncover all of her
emotions and just pushed it all out with a smile and mysterious eyes? Well everything is in the
eyes of the viewer, the way you see it may be different from mine, but this is how I see when I
looked at Mona Lisa painting, ethereally odd.