Mona Lisa's secret revealed

[rockandrose]

I've always liked the famous Mona Lisa portrait.

But, this is insane?

From correspondents in Paris
December 15, 2005

"Now it's official: Mona Lisa was 83 per cent happy, nine per cent disgusted, six per cent fearful and two per cent angry.

That's the conclusion of a University of Amsterdam computer that applied "emotion-recognition software" to Leonardo da Vinci's work, Britain's New Scientist reports in Saturday's issue.

The algorithm, developed in conjunction with the University of Illinois, tries to assess the human mood by examining key features such as the curvature of the lips and crinkles around the eyes, then makes a score with respect to six basic emotions."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...E29677,00.html

[AlKilyu]

And 100% sassy!

[Demonista_Ravenesque]

Al! thanks alot, now I'm going to laugh everytime I read 'The Da Vinci Code'

[xXambivalenceXx]

Haha, that's flippin' hilarious. Your pictures are wicked, I cant animate like that.

[rockandrose]

Al, you make me sick for convincing Mona Lisa to do a Janet Jackson act!

Again, you're succeeded in providing us a piece of art.

Bellisimo!

[Beshem von Vampyr]

Question: What does analysing her emotions have to do with any big secrets of hers?

[rockandrose]

It's the title of the article as posted above.

[Beshem von Vampyr]

But what are her emotions supposed to tell us?

[rockandrose]

You funny vampyr bunny!

Everyone has their individual perception of reading a piece of artwork. No scientist can prove what an artwork says or portrays.

Haven't you already figured that out?

You must also be ignorant of pleasurable sex?

[Beshem von Vampyr]

I don't care much for what you deem as "art". But to imply that I lack sex is absolutely none of your business. It is nobody's business but my own as well as my partner's.

[rockandrose]

Ever heard of "mockery"?

[rockandrose]

The smile on the face of the Mona Lisa is so enigmatic that it disappears when it is looked at directly, says a US scientist.

Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University said the smile only became apparent when the viewer looked at other parts of the painting.

The theory has been presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, this week.

The smile disappeared when it was looked at because of the way the human eye processes visual information, said Prof Livingstone.

The eye uses two types of vision, foveal and peripheral.

Foveal, or direct vision, is excellent at picking up detail but is less suited to picking up shadows.

"The elusive quality of the Mona Lisa's smile can be explained by the fact that her smile is almost entirely in low spatial frequencies, and so is seen best by your peripheral vision," Prof Livingstone said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2775817.stm

[rockandrose]

[soggypicklemuncher]

It makes me sad how I've forgotten most of the French I learned in three years and almost everything from two years of Japanese classes.

[Katshin88@Gmail.com]

Originally Posted by soggypicklemuncher

It makes me sad how I've forgotten most of the French I learned in three years and almost everything from two years of Japanese classes.

How much do remember?

[AlKilyu]

Geisha: Photoshop now has an animated gif option. Use a smaller (usually free) program like the gif animator that comes with Frontpage or some kind of shareware if you don't have the dough. Speaking of which, don't buy Photoshop for $600 when you can buy Photoshop Elements for under $70 (as of now). I use everything from Photoshop to Quark (ignore that, that is for publishing and used by the likes of Time, Playboy, just about anything in print) and I do not see the need for anyone to buy the $600 version of Photoshop when you will never use the options. Go cheap.

Originally Posted by rockandrose

Al, you make me sick for convincing Mona Lisa to do a Janet Jackson act!

Again, you're succeeded in providing us a piece of art.

Bellisimo!

Grazie che il mio bello. SIETE la bella arte. You have the...well I wouldn't call it an honor...of taking over for me and having all my secrets...

[Kali Maxwell]

No one will ever know what she was smiling about except for Da Vinci, and he's obviously not going to be telling anybody anytime soon.

I once heard a theory that the Mona Lisa was a portrait that Da Vinci did of himself as a woman. They said that this explained her facial expression.

[Scolaí]

Who the fuck thought that putting the Mona Lisa's smile into a computer would produce any meaningful result? Some dork with way too much fucking time on his hands, that's who.

She's smiling because she knows that morons like that are going to waste time and energy trying to figure out something that doesn't have a simple answer.

Better yet, I'll tell you what. Here's why "she's" smiling - "she's" got a boner.

Happy now, computer dude?

Now that we've cleared that up, try looking at the art without the stupid machine...

[Defy]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

[FenrisQueen]

This thread was dead. D-e-a-d.

[edible_eye]

i think da vinci invented the vibrator. he had her sit on it and painted her reaction.

[rockandrose]

Originally Posted by AlKilyu

And 100% sassy!

This picture just reminded me of Al, don't you just miss him, and his great work of photoshop artwork that he used to post?