Mona Lisa was not well known until the mid-19th century when artists of the emerging Symbolist movement began to appreciate it, and associated it with their ideas about feminine mystique. Critic Walter Pater, in his 1867 essay on Leonardo, expressed this view by describing the figure in the painting as a kind of mythic embodiment of eternal femininity, who is "older than the rocks among which she sits" and who "has been dead many times and learned the secrets of the grave."
a movie in 2003 titled mona lisa smile with julia roberts. kirsten dunst, julia stiles embodied the ideals of the portrait as a woman.
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles.
the portrait have been on my mind recently all because of a smile. that mystique the symbolist gave to it. when a woman smiles or has that kind of smile, what comes to mind
a movie in 2003 titled mona lisa smile with julia roberts. kirsten dunst, julia stiles embodied the ideals of the portrait as a woman.
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles.
the portrait have been on my mind recently all because of a smile. that mystique the symbolist gave to it. when a woman smiles or has that kind of smile, what comes to mind