Explorer · 41-45, M
Ah, the mysteries of the Mona Lisa – who knew she was missing her brows! Leonardo must have been caught up in a brow-plucking trend of the Renaissance. 😄 Thanks for adding some artful amusement! And no worries about the picture – it's just adding an avant-garde touch to the whole Mona Lisa experience. Maybe she's just trying to keep up with all those selfies! 🎨🤳
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
akindheart · 61-69, F
@cherokeepatti well my eye brows fell out. i had permanent tattooing in its place. nothing wrong with me. i just lost most of my hair. but 11? wowee..i hope they grew back.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@akindheart yes they grew back. That girl was always cutting the hair off of her dolls. Every Barbie doll she whacked the hair off. I don’t know what her problem was. I threw all those dolls away after she grew up and left them in her toy box.
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
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@cherokeepatti my artistic expression is a product of my time. Sharpie brows are what's in now.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@SW-User Apparently so. Now make colored Sharpie eyebrows great. Brown, blonde, ginger and even neon colors to match those colors of dyed hair. I think if we put it out there on the internet as a new challenge to these young-uns it will happen. Doesn’t take much to get a fad started.
Sojournersoul · M
akindheart · 61-69, F
@Sojournersoul me either. you can't get close enough to check out the details. i am so enamoured by famous works of art. all i can do is stare
BobTheArtModel · 61-69, M
This is not the first time I've heard the no eyebrows thing,
Last time I heard about it I googled and found this...
The Mona Lisa when Da Vinci painted her did indeed have eyebrows but that over time and over cleaning have eroded them to the point that they are no longer visible.
Pascal Cotte, an engineer who has been studying the Mona Lisa using highly detailed scans explained:
“If you look closely at Mona Lisa’s eye you can clearly see that the cracks around the eye have slightly disappeared, and that may be explained that one day a curator or restorer cleaned the eye, and cleaning the eye, probably removed the eyelashes and eyebrow,” he said.
Cotte, says that from these scans he can see traces of a left eyebrow long obscured from the naked eye by the efforts of the art restorers.
https://fabulousmasterpieces-blog.co.uk/why-does-the-mona-lisa-not-have-eyebrows/
Last time I heard about it I googled and found this...
The Mona Lisa when Da Vinci painted her did indeed have eyebrows but that over time and over cleaning have eroded them to the point that they are no longer visible.
Pascal Cotte, an engineer who has been studying the Mona Lisa using highly detailed scans explained:
“If you look closely at Mona Lisa’s eye you can clearly see that the cracks around the eye have slightly disappeared, and that may be explained that one day a curator or restorer cleaned the eye, and cleaning the eye, probably removed the eyelashes and eyebrow,” he said.
Cotte, says that from these scans he can see traces of a left eyebrow long obscured from the naked eye by the efforts of the art restorers.
https://fabulousmasterpieces-blog.co.uk/why-does-the-mona-lisa-not-have-eyebrows/
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
akindheart · 61-69, F
@Thinkerbell what a beautiful portrait. it could be. you can never get up close enough to the Mona Lisa to check it out. i just saw the article and thought it was neat.
PhoenixPhail · M
I've never noticed she doesn't have eyebrows. But then, I've never been attracted to that painting. I don't know why it's so popular.
akindheart · 61-69, F
@PhoenixPhail i saw it this year at the Louvre. i have been many times. you can't get near it because of all the selfies.. it is a masterpiece. h ung in Napoleon's bedroom.
antonioioio · 70-79, M
The only thing I knew about Leonard Da Vinci was what he said about any body wholie or partly immersed in water 😊
akindheart · 61-69, F
@antonioioio well spill that piece of knowledge please
akindheart · 61-69, F