Tag Archives: Mona Lisa

Virtual exhibitions bring art to us all

Posted on May 21, 2017 by editor, facilitator, decider

Hopefully there’s an art museum, gallery, studio, or exhibition space within easy traveling distance from wherever you’re sitting right now. And hopefully it beckons you, and you grace it with your patronage just as often as you possibly can. But…we … Continue reading →

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Mona Lisa, uncanny valley

Posted on July 19, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Just because you can do something doesn’t, by any means, mean you should. The Manhattan Project scientists, just prior to setting off the world’s first atomic device at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, in July of 1945, were taking tongue-in-check … Continue reading →

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Nice smile you got there, lady

Posted on April 7, 2011 by editor, facilitator, decider

Well this is somewhat horrifying. Researchers in Florence, Italy are all set to dig up the bones of Lisa Gherardini, died 1542, with the goal of reconstructing her face to see if maybe, just maybe, she might have been Leonardo’s model … Continue reading →

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