Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, the painting right opposite the Mona Lisa, Paulo Veronese's 'Marriage at Cana' (where Jesus is said to have turned water into wine) is IMHO far more rewarding viewing - it is just spectacular! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > I was looking for an academic paper I seem to have read before about the > Louvre, copyright, their reproductions, and the original Mona Lisa, and > came across this interesting article about the banning of photography: > > http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/davincicode_pictures_monalisa.html > > seems photographing the mona lisa has been verbotten since 1996 but > according to the article, the ban only reduced the number of photos taken > of the iconic painting by 80%. Security staff are so overwhelmed by the > number of people violating the ban they can only stop a handful. > > The average time spent viewing DiVinci's masterpiece? fifteen seconds. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >