Bring me the head of Leonardo!

[Stinky The Clown]

Leonardo Da Vinci's remains to be exhumed amid Mona Lisa self-portrait mystery

Scientists hope to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci so they can reconstruct his face to discover whether the Mona Lisa is a disguised self-portrait.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/7069335/Leonardo-Da-Vincis-remains-to-be-exhumed-amid-Mona-Lisa-self-portrait-mystery.html




Is this really necessary?

[berni_mccoy]

1. Their clone line ran out... need to refresh the DNA.

[liberal N proud]

2. Why does it matter?

[gateley]

3. That's part of her charm, she's a mystery! This is just stupid. nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Must be funded by the discovery channel or something. They have long since

run out of ideas for new programming material

[CTyankee]

5. Pretty silly, IMHO. Can they not leave him alone?

He was a genius of the Renaissance. Why not leave it at that? Let us admire his sfumato, both in the Mona Lisa and other paintings? He didn't leave much in the way of art, but we have his notebooks, so why not stop at that?

This is getting ridiculous...

[704wipes]

6. If they find ghosts, they can run it on the Bio Channel

nt

[HeresyLives]

7. Yes, it's necessary.

Beats me why anyone would worry about it. Not the first nor last person to ever be exhumed in order to solve a mystery.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. It might be interesting and I don't see the harm but it's certainly not "necessary"

by any stretch.

We want to ≠ necessary.

[HeresyLives]

23. Italy thinks it is.

Specifically the scientists and historians from Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage.

[Maru Kitteh]

26. Yeah, that's a want to.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Must be important..and I bet it is costing plenty of $$..but it is worth it!!!

:mad: :puke: :crazy: :silly: :wtf:





:sarcasm: in case it was not obvious

[lunatica]

9. I think there's a reason they're not telling us

The Mona Lisa? WTF?

[Toucano]

10. Seems extreme to me.

It isn't likely to "prove" anything, just fuel more speculation.

[spanone]

11. who cares who sat for the painting? what's to gain? we are some silly critters.

[WeDidIt]

12. DiCaprio cries foul

DON'T TAKE HIS HEAD!

[HeresyLives]

13. The opposition to this on here just amazes me.

However, you should all know this was argued about a couple of nights ago, and got tossed into the lounge.

I have no idea why. Maybe the mods didn't see it as anything important enough to bother with.

And it isn't.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Then why are you here like, over and over and over again?

Since it's not important and all.

ETA: at time of this edit you author a full 20% of posts on this thread that is not important to you.

[HeresyLives]

22. Same reason others are. It's amusing.

So amusing it was tossed into the lounge the other night.

[bklyncowgirl]

14. This is pretty silly. Let the poor man rest in peace.

Old Leo is generally regarded as a pretty competent artist. I've looked at his self-portraits, I've looked at the Mona Lisa. Sorry I don't see the resemblance. If you don't believe Leonardo himself, how about his contemporary Raphael. Raphael portrayed Leonardo as Plato in the famous painting "School of Athens". Doesn't look a thing like Mona.

Personally I like the conspiracy theory that the version of the Mona Lisa hanging in the Lourve is a copy and the real one is locked in a bank vault in Montclair, New Jersey complete with a nifty story about how Marie Antoinette gave it to a guy named William Vernon, an ancestor of the present owners. Now wouldn't that be a blast.

[HeresyLives]

15. He's not 'resting.' He's dead.

And it's the scientists and historians from Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage that have requested this.

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Wow ..... is this like ..... uh .......

..... personal to you?

You seem really bothered by it. I threw it out there as a foil to all the silliness over the New Orleans Watergatewannabe angst. I hope I didn't upset you too much.

Go sit over there for a few minutes. You'll feel better.

[HeresyLives]

17. LOL no, but it seems to be to others on here.

And I have no idea why.

Hey, yer new Watergate has at least elevated the mood on here. It's been gloom and doom for days.

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Heh .......

...... its all good!

:hi:

[Maru Kitteh]

20. He's NOT dead, 'ees merely pinin'.

[HeresyLives]

24. Pinin for the fiords. LOL

[Maru Kitteh]

27. one of the best damn sketches ever.

[kwassa]

25. Is Geraldo Rivera involved in this?