Why is "Mona Lisa" the most famous painting in the world?

What is the most famous painting in the world? The answer is undoubtedly

Regardless of whether you have studied painting or not, or whether you care about art or not, you must have heard of its name and seen her mysterious smile. There are so many fine works in the Louvre, but the only one that can make people look at it from three floors to the other, with their necks stretched out and their feet stretched out, is to hang on for dear life.

But after retracting their necks in a blink of an eye, many people were still wondering: This, this, this... I didn’t see what was good about it, and I didn’t think it was so amazing. How could he become the world’s number one painter? Already?

First of all, let me state that the best painting in the world ≠ the best painting in the world. Everyone has different standards for good painting. Others may not say it, but I firmly believe that Rembrandt painted Bidak. Finch is fine.

Therefore, the reason why "Mona Lisa" became the world's number one painting is definitely not because it is better than all other paintings. Later people will never be able to learn from it no matter how hard they try.

Because it embodies Leonardo da Vinci’s painting concept. When the word concept is mentioned in anything, it seems very profound, but what Leonardo da Vinci pursues is actually very simple, two words "truth". Is it difficult? It was really difficult for Europe at that time. It was so difficult that before Leonardo da Vinci, from Giotto to Masaccio, Botticelli... a group of master painters worked hard for a hundred or two hundred years, and the final result was Like this

After reading this and looking back at the "Mona Lisa", do you suddenly realize its greatness?

Leonardo da Vinci created on the shoulders of these masters, but compared to the thin or stiff figures above, "Mona Lisa" is definitely not a simple version 2.0, she is like A living person sitting behind the frame shocked people at the time in a way that we who are accustomed to seeing 3D and 4D could not imagine.

In order to record this smile, Leonardo da Vinci developed and created many painting techniques. As early as 200 years before Leonardo da Vinci, Giotto had already used the perspective of "near large and far small" He's very old, but Leonardo da Vinci's many years of painting eggs are not in vain, his observation ability is max. He found that not only the size, but also the color and clarity changed with distance. The closer the object was, the richer the color and the clearer the outline; the farther the distance, the cooler the tone and the blurr the outline.

In Leonardo da Vinci's painting theory, these two visual phenomena are called "air perspective" and "submerged perspective" respectively. It is precisely because of these two perspective methods that the distance in the "Mona Lisa" The scenery and sky truly restore people's visual experience in space.

The role of lines in modeling is self-evident, but Leonardo da Vinci felt that no one really has lines on his body. The more emphasis is placed on lines, the more the characters in the painting will lose their sense of reality and space. sense, so if you look closely at the "Mona Lisa", you will find that there are almost no lines in the entire painting. The edges of the outline are hidden in the dark parts, becoming blurry, rounded and full of three-dimensionality. This is Leonardo da Vinci's signature Smudge blending method.

The mysterious smile that has been interpreted to have many meanings is also mysterious because the smudge method blurs the corners of Mona Lisa's mouth, so that the smile is not fixed.

It can be said that the perspective, light and shade, light and shadow, shape, composition... this entire set of painting theories that art students are struggling with every day were created and organized by Leonardo da Vinci, and in " In "Mona Lisa", this set of theories has been concentratedly reflected, and the degree of completion in every aspect can be called textbook level.

More important than these is the creative concept with humanities as the core reflected in "Mona Lisa". "Mona Lisa" is the first portrait created for civilians. The person in the painting is no longer a solemn god or an expressionless prince or noble, but an ordinary person with a smile and looking directly at the audience. , the joys, sorrows and joys of ordinary people can also be beautiful, and can also be described and recorded. Isn't this the human nature that the Renaissance wants to revive?

Therefore, no matter from the perspective of painting technology or concept, "Mona Lisa" plays a decisive role in the entire history of art, but this can only make it famous in the circle and out of reach of others. I don’t know that there is still a long way to go before becoming the world’s most famous painting. It was two men who made the Mona Lisa cross this distance.

The first one is Leonardo da Vinci who created it. Da Vinci can understand astronomy and geography, build airplanes and tanks, draw eggs, dare to do anatomy, and can do stage art. Its topicality, exposure and popularity are high enough, and it belongs to the top traffic.

Da Vinci's paintings alone are attractive enough, not to mention that Da Vinci, who is known for his high work efficiency, spent four years painting the "Mona Lisa" and finished it Afterwards, he was reluctant to hand it over to the buyer and carried it with him until his death. The "Mona Lisa" did not suddenly become more mysterious.

The second man was a fellow countryman of Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian named Vincenzo Perugia. The way he "helped" the Mona Lisa become famous was by taking it from the Louvre The palace was stolen.

After Leonardo da Vinci's death, his apprentice sold the "Mona Lisa" to the King of France, and it has been kept in the Palace of Fontainebleau for the next three hundred years.

After the Louvre was built, it was moved to the Louvre. This Perugia was a painter of the Louvre and was very familiar with the Louvre. On August 21, 1911, Perugia took advantage of Monday When the museum was closed, the "Mona Lisa" was stolen without anyone noticing, and even the police didn't know where to start investigating.

Now people all over the world have found something to eat. The news that the "Mona Lisa" was stolen spread quickly around the world and gained astonishing exposure. Even the painting in the Louvre was missing. The empty hooks attracted many people to visit.

Two years later, Perugia was arrested in Italy, and the "Mona Lisa" was brought back to the Louvre. In just two days, 100,000 people came to visit it. "Lisa" is completely popular, and the more popular it is, the more people will make a fuss about it, and the higher its exposure will be, far more so than the "Mona Lisa with Beard" by Duchamp, the father of postmodern art.

Recently there is Lin Chi-hyun's "Mona Lisa's Tears". If it does not become the world's most famous painting, it will be sorry for the popularity it has received in those years.

After "Mona Lisa" became popular, time has come to modern times. It is difficult for eyes accustomed to photography to be shocked by the reality pursued by Leonardo da Vinci. The beauty of human nature has also changed. Got to be commonplace. As a result, the Mona Lisa became more famous and more controversial.

But whether you think it is great, mediocre, mysterious, or weird, whether you think the Mona Lisa is a male or a female or Da Vinci himself, no matter you think it is the "first famous painting in the world" Whether it deserves its reputation or not, you can always find arguments to justify it. This seeming ability to accommodate all possibilities is the magic weapon for it to remain popular and become the world's most famous painting.