The Mona Lisa is very tiny indeed. When I was touring the Louvre (gosh that makes me sound posh) I went in through the crowd to look at it, my little 3ds tour guide bleating away, and then I turned around, and the entire back wall of the room was taken up with a singular gigantic painting, ~15ft wide, that looks amazing. The Wedding At Cannae, I believe it is called.
And not one person was looking at it when I went, so obsessed were they at getting selfies by the Mona Lisa.
I found someone putting video footage up of simply entering to look at the Mona Lisa, then turning around. Doesn't quite capture the feeling of actually being there, but it gets a glimpse of it, just the SCALE of the painting after you're whelmed with the Mona Lisa's true presence.
You miss that "natural discovery" type feeling when it's all digital.
The Mona Lisa is very tiny indeed. When I was touring the Louvre (gosh that makes me sound posh) I went in through the crowd to look at it, my little 3ds tour guide bleating away, and then I turned around, and the entire back wall of the room was taken up with a singular gigantic painting, ~15ft wide, that looks amazing. The Wedding At Cannae, I believe it is called.
And not one person was looking at it when I went, so obsessed were they at getting selfies by the Mona Lisa.
I found someone putting video footage up of simply entering to look at the Mona Lisa, then turning around. Doesn't quite capture the feeling of actually being there, but it gets a glimpse of it, just the SCALE of the painting after you're whelmed with the Mona Lisa's true presence.
You miss that "natural discovery" type feeling when it's all digital.
I've never seen that huge painting before, my word! Thank you for the link.