Mona Lisa was a dead woman…La Gioconda era una donna morta
Posted by KATYA at 09:30, 17 May 2006CIAO!
Yestarday I was at the presentation of a new book dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci.
The author, Valeria Botta, is a young girl very prepared and passionate about Leonardo’s life.
In her novel narrates 19 month of Leonardo’s life the only share of his life where don’t exist news, scripts, his notes: seems that in this share of his life Leonardo vanished from the world, for to appear again in Milan, where his story is notorius.
What I want to mark of this book is the new and original idea about La Gioconda – Mona Lisa: Valeria Botta thinks that she was a portrait of a corpse. Valeria Botta says that La Gioconda have the black veil on her head, have not rings or other jewelleries (to show the jewelleries was very important to show the social importance of subject of the portrait), her hands are swollen, there are not agreements around that painting…
Valeria Botta’s idea can seems strange, bizarre but I believe that it be a possible good interpretation of this painting. Leonardo was not a simple artist he was an experimenter, tester, a studious, and as Valeria Botta rightly repeats he was a joker, eccentric and very nice.
Ieri ero alla presentazione di un nuovo libro su Leonardo Da Vinci.
L’autrice è Valeria Botta, una ragazza molto preparata e appassionata riguardo alla vita di Leonardo.
Nel suo romanzo narra 19 mesi della vita di Leonardo, l’unica porzione di tempo della sua vita di cui non si sa nulla: non esistono notizie, scritti, appunti: sembra che durante quel periodo Leonardo sia svanito nel nulla per poi ricomparire a Milano dove al sua storia è nota.
Ciò che voglio segnalare di questo libro è la nuova ed originale idea riguardo La Gioconda – Monna Lisa: Valeria Botta pensa che Leonardo abbia dipinto il ritratto di un cadavere.
Lo pensa in modo ragionevole: Valeria Botta dice che La Gioconda ha un velo nero sulla testa, non ha anelli o altri gioielli (mostrare girelli era una cosa fondamentale per ribadire l’importanza del soggetto ritratto), le mani sono gonfie e non esistono contratti e commissioni di questo dipinto…
La teoria di Valeria Botta può sembrare strana, bizzarra, ma io credo che sia possa essere una buona interpretazione di questo dipinto.
Leonardo non era un semplice artista era uno sperimentatore, uno studioso, e come Valeria Botta giustamente ribadisce, era un burlone, eccentrico e molto simpatico.
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10 August 2004
4 days 6 hours
That is certainly an interesting concept, Katya. Personally I thought his 'Cat Lisa' that you posted a link to on your blog about cats was much better looking than the lady!
Regards, Kathrinn
10 August 2005
15 weeks 6 days
Ciao Kathrinn
I have read words and have thought…After many years of conjectures around the true identity of Mona Lisa (she is Leonardo’s mother, Leonardo’s self-portrait with woman dress, Mother Nature, Florentine noblewoman, a woman in expecting, a corpse…)
maybe the truth has been guessed:
Mona Lisa was a cat! So finally the mystery is solved ;-)
HugshugS
Katya
2 March 2005
5 years 32 weeks
Katya
It is as valid as any other theory of the identity of the 'Mona Lisa'. I've always hoped that the more notes of Da Vinci would be found and that they would identify her. I saw the 'Mona Lisa' about 50 years ago and I've never forgotten it! The 'Mona Lisa' is captivating! I love it!
What do you think?
kennc
10 August 2005
15 weeks 6 days
Ciao Kennc
I think that this theory can explain the fascination that this painting produces.
If we think to that woman as a corpse we can see a dead woman into a fine landscape.
The traditional meaning of Mona Lisa is a woman-human being that lives in harmony with the nature: she is happy to exist…It is possible to make a long speech around this concept…But coming back to the corpse I think that the fascination can be is a mix of nostalgia of something that we have lost and happiness found it after the death, as to say that only after-by the death we can have that type of quiet and harmony with the Life…I know that this my speech can seem little dark but it is true that the Life and the Death are present together in every moment of the existence, and it is possible that Leonardo have had the talent to mix this 2 things in perfect harmony…It is possible…
Strong Embrace
Katya
2 March 2005
5 years 32 weeks
Katya
This theory explains the fascination that the Mona Lisa produces very well! Life and death are two sides of the same coin that exist in harmony with nature. And in the context of this theory, Da Vinci shows the harmony that exists between them and nature in the Mona Lisa and he does it brilliantly!
What do you think?
kennc
10 August 2005
15 weeks 6 days
Yes if Valeria Botta have guessed Mona Lisa’s true identity maybe this is the reason of all that fascination…That painting seems capable to produce a short-circuit in the mind and in the emotions of the people more of other paintings in the Story of Art and if it shows a dead woman we are watching the Death as what it is: one thing fused into the Life. Mona Lisa is just a portrait as many others, but she is really “centred-balanced”, La Gioconda is not static painting a but stable, firm, serene, I think that it represents the true peace that all us search.
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Katya
24 May 2006
6 years 8 hours
Hi Katya, I'm Valeria Botta. Yesterday a friend of mine told me about this blog and now I'm here. Sorry, but english isn't my language and really I'm not so good but I can try. This is a very big problem for me because I feel myself embarrassed in writing...
Who are you, Katya?
Do I know you?
Why did you were in Feltrinelli the past 16?
I have a lot of question for you but the first thing that I had to do was saying you thank...and so, thank you very much Katya for this discussion.
10 August 2005
15 weeks 6 days
Anche per me l’inglese non è la mia lingua ed a forza di traduzioni avventurose fra un po’ non lo sarà più neanche l’italiano :-)
Si io ero alla Feltrinelli ma io e te non ci conosciamo, ma se vuoi parlare con me puoi scrivermi:
katyasanna@gmail.com