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The article explores the possibility that Leonardo da Vinci may have painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa, based on historical accounts, sketches, and comparisons with other Renaissance artworks, suggesting that the famous portrait could have had a more provocative origin.
Dick Wolf, the creator of "Law & Order," has gifted over 200 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, and drawings, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The donation includes works by renowned artists such as Botticelli, the Gentileschis, and van Gogh. In addition to the artworks, Wolf has made a substantial financial contribution, resulting in the naming of two galleries in the department of European sculpture and decorative arts after him. The collection reflects Wolf's passion for older works, and some of the promised gifts were recent purchases, including a Botticelli painting and an Orazio Gentileschi painting. The Met's director, Max Hollein, described the donation as one of the most significant gifts to the museum in recent memory, praising Wolf's connoisseurship and financial support for the museum's collection displays and scholarly pursuits.
The principal of Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, Hope Carrasquilla, has resigned after a parent complained that sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The instruction also included Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” painting and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.” The “David” statue’s nudity has been part of a centuries-old debate about art pushing boundaries and the rules of censorship.
A new exhibition at the National Gallery in London showcases Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque caricatures, which anticipate the anxiety of Munch and the horror of Francis Bacon. These drawings depict irregular, diseased, and aged faces whose "monstrous" distortions Leonardo drew with daunting precision. The exhibition also features a painting by Quinten Massys, which is a careful copy of a lost caricature by Leonardo da Vinci. The ultimate theme of these drawings is human decay, portraying the universal human condition in the bleakest way possible.