The Louvre to Move Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to the Basement | Vantage with Palki Sharma
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- The Louvre to Move Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to the Basement | Vantage with Palki Sharma
The Louvre in Paris is planning to give Mona Lisa a room of her own. Mona Lisa is a 16th century painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Soon, it will be moved to an "underground chamber". Mona Lisa is one of the most famous works of art in the world. It receives ten million admirers every year. But due to heavy crowds, each visitor gets an average of 50 seconds to view Mona Lisa. This has caused frustration among visitors. Mona Lisa has more than 18,000 reviews online, 37.1% of which are negative. Now many have crowned Mona Lisa the world's most disappointing masterpiece. The Louvre says “moving Mona Lisa to a separate room could end the public's disappointment”. Question is, will the plan work? What problems does the proposal face? Palki Sharma tells you.
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I visited the Louvre a number of years ago. Yes, I didn't have a lot of time to actually see it. However, I was not disappointed. I found it to be a fascinating piece of art. I do think a dedicated room for Da Vinci's work is a great idea. There are so many fantastic pices nearby that don't get the attention they deserve. 💙
I first saw the Mona Lisa in 1979. I was able to stand there unbothered & unhurried for as long as I wanted. I think I stood there for about 10 min. - Saw again later in the 80’s & it was about the same thing. BUT when I took my kids to see it around 2004 it was a nightmare! My point: You really had to view it by the 1980’s to enjoy the experience.
That's helpful. I just need a time machine now n I'm sorted
@@pixelatedreverie Best plan is to get in line way early before they open… then RUN straight to the Denon Wing (room 711) But if you just keep going you will hit the room automatically. Assuming they don’t get her moved to the basement before that. But the same tip applies. Go there FIRST! (Bypass everything else) Then backtrack after to see other important Italian paintings. I would suggest getting to The Hague to see The Girl with A Pearl Earring asap before the same nightmare begins. (If that painting interests you. It’s at the Mauritshuis Museum there). - Because the same “nightmare” happens at the Sistine Chapel, we ran/race walked straight to it to beat the crowds. (Still a 15 min walk thru the “maze”) It can get so intense there, you are packed in like sardines! (Found out the hard way on my first visit) Bonus tip: a small pair of binoculars is very helpful since the ceiling is 67 feet up! Best of luck. 😊
I saw it in the late 70’s as well. There were no crowds hurrying me away. But there was a magnificent sculpture nearby (Psyché et Eros) that grabbed my attention and took my breath away. The Mona Lisa simply could not compare.
I have no desire to see this painting
@@Bunny11344 I don’t blame you. It doesn’t even make my top 10 I’ve seen. (Vermeer’s “A View of Delft”, Andrea Mantegna’s “The Dead Christ” with incredible foreshortening, Caravaggio’s “Crucifixion of Saint Peter”, Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna” where all the clouds are secretly made up of baby angel faces) to name a few!
I'd put the Mona Lisa in a large room by itself, then have someone make a large prism that can bend the image 3-4 different directions, while also enlarging it, so that it could be viewed by more people at the same time.
It was just a normal painting in the corner of the Museum until it was stolen, and it was unnoticed that made the painting famous and, the rediscovery of the painting is what made it world famous!.
no
Yes ,What's great in mona lisa? I know 1000s much better works
I understand what you're trying to do with that statement but it doesn't take away the fact that the real reason for its fame is because of the painter. There have been many paintings that were stolen or attacked in the past. Why aren't they more famous than the Mona Lisa? Because anything with the name Davinci on it will gain historical fame first. Davinci achieved historical fame with Georgio Vasari. The average person doesn't know anything about art nor history in general. Most people cant even finish a book lol😂 so it's not surprising that it took this painting being stolen for people to do some research into. It created this exciting mythology around it that gave people enough curiosity to dive into it's past. I'm sure that other paintings failed to permanently ride the wave of their misfortune. Most other works of art also do not have someone on the level of a Vasari to back them up.
@@swerve361Davinci is crap. He couldn’t finish any work given to him on time and lost the competition to the greatest artist Michelangelo. Nobody cared about Mona Lisa until it got stolen is a fact. The true art is still in Italy, the paintings and sculptures.
@@amoghars Wether you find Davinci crap or not is irrelevant. I'm a fan of both and I understand that their fame goes beyond their skills. Everytime someone praises Michelangelo, they're also helping Davinci rise in mythical fame because Davinci, Michelangelo and Raphael are part of the same umbrella, a symbolic representation of how an artist should and can behave created by Vasari. Davinci represents the aloof creator always jumping from one project to the other while still being gifted, always charming royal and powerful people with his good looks and knowledge. Michelangelo represents the antisocial character who doesn't like anyone apart from a few trusted colleagues that can help him finish major projects. Raphael represents the original Rockstar or the original Picasso, the ladies man who died too early. Sounds familiar? Yes, like the members of the 27 club. The Mona Lisa on the other hand showcased a revolution in 3d rendering because only few people like Davinci had access by the Pope to dead bodies which further improve medicine as well. Mona Lisa shouldn't be seen as some grand asthetic achievement but as the Canon of one of the greatest advancement in representing reality.
She’s done
Not smiling not sad
She’s doneeee
Hahah XD
She looks like Palki Sharma
basically like me,I'm tired,not sleepy,not droawsy...I'm so very tired of nearly everything in life.
like that old saying, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
When you first said she was being moved to the basement, I assumed you meant into the archives and actually gasped. Well done! The title may be click bait, but it is factual, so I appreciate the cleverness of the concept.
In the 1970s, went to Paris 3 times from England during a one-year stay there... I visited the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. I feel blessed indeed to have had the opportunity!
I have been in the Louvre in front of the Mona Lisa alone. But I went Wednesday in the morning in November. It is a great piece of art that very few people understand the meaning of it. Mona Lisa is sort of the first selfie in art history. The previous art work was either rigid or they showed unnatural entities ( god, angels etc). Mona Lisa is the portrait of a common person with sort of a natural pose (her pseudo smile). Hence, her importance lies not on her beauty or craftsmanship but in the concept. Once you understand this, you can fully appreciate it's importance.
There were many mecenats in renaissance Italy who commissioned portraits of themselves. It was a matter of prestige, and, as far as I'm aware, there lay no selfir-like intent behind the creation of the Mona Lisa - apart from the fact that it's a half-body painting of a woman, which wasn't unique. Is there something I'm missing?
*selfie-like
You’re mostly wrong.
Yes, you are missing the pose, the clothing, the expression. When you commission a portrait of yourself you put your best clothes, and particularly during that period, your expression will tend to be more dignified. This is a whole new concept. Compare it with the lady with an Ermine from Leonardo as well. Look at any Botticelli artwork and tell me that they do not look stiff.
Another issue, is that the Renaissance lasted two centuries, so maybe the painters that you are referring to were not contemporaneous of Leonardo but were influenced by him.
It is difficult to understand as to why people can't just admire the painting!
Why is it necessary to do a scientific study on whether the lady is smiling or not and if she were to be smiling what's causing her to smile?
It's a work of art and that's it!
Because the story about the painting is sometimes more important than the painting itself. Let's talk about Tommaso Cavalieri. He was the model who posed for Miquelangelo for the most famous and copied image of Jesus. While the Catholic church is against homosexuality they tried to ignore the fact that Cavalieri was the lover of Miquelangelo. So now you have Christians all around the world with their homophobia carrying the image of a gay man in a cross
Where are her eyebrows?
you obviously know nothing about art to say it’s just art. nothing is just art lmfao
My Son got to see the Mona Lisa in 1997, when we were there for World Youth Day and He was mesmerized by Her. He also noticed everything around Her in the painting and couldn’t believe that people just wanted to see just Her and not the complete picture. There is so much more to this Great Lady than just Her beautiful face. He really enjoyed His experience with the Painting. P. S. My Son also thought that Leonardo DaVinci was a Genius! ❤
It’s a really meh painting I’d say most of you only love it cuz you’re told it’s some work of art.
Palki is the best when it comes to international and national journalism.
Thank you ! Palki.
Plz she's indian biased. She's not international, she's indian who likes to hate on international
I hope in the new basement display, viewers will be able to get closer to the painting. I saw the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in early 1963. It was a great experience.
The value of the Renaissance era of works is important in Paris or as a whole in Europe. And there are many worked heist to steal the most price possession of every medieval monarchs in Western Europe and some are survived from wars and robberies.
I saw the Mona Lisa & the Louve in 1970. I found my attention drawn to another DeVinci painting quite close to it. The Virgin of the Rocks just amazed me and no one was getting in my way. I glanced at the Mona Lisa and carefully studdiedall the other paintings in the room. I was very
disappointed that the paintings I really wanted to see-Botticellis and Giottos- the early paintings were in rooms that were closed for renovation. Luckily back then there was no charge for students. I would suggest that art lovers consider the other fine works in the Louve.
Fun fact there are other copies of the Mona Lisa probably by Leonardo or his apprentice.
France is pissed off that Italy is no longer complying😅😂🤣 ...
I see her better on my computer anyways.
Having been to the Louvre (and loving art & art history), the Mona Lisa is quite an interesting pice of art. But, the way it is displayed definitely detracts from the art surrounding it in the gallery as well as creates a cramped and crushing pit for patrons to navigate. When people enter the room their eyes glaze over. Not because of the painting but because they're hyped up and desperate to get close.
I feel moving it to the basement is a good idea. As far as funding it, I don't have an opinion since it's not my money. But, the attraction to it and the resources to keep the painting and patrons safe would benefit from a new space dedicated to it's viewing.
(And, the other works of art in the room are magnificent. I like that everyone is distracted from them so I could get up as close as I wanted and really look at them).
With a separate entrance you can very much guarantee that there’ll be an additional charge to view the painting. It’s this that will reduce the queues.
yep. I think that's the point. Pay for the Mona Lisa, then pay for the Louvres if really interested in art and culture. Plus the experience is underwelming for many because they don't care about art at all, they just want to see what everyone comes to see.
No art is bad... every art is unique
Even the so called modern art?
paris is a public dissappointment itself for tourist, too much marketing but nothing good to offer
Paris was a disappointment. Garbage everywhere and thieves all over
Yeah very true
Bless their little hearts, they’re finally learn how advertising and tourism actually work.
Yeah I was also disappointed of Paris. Nothing that special.
I’m guessing none of you all have actually been there based on what you said. Absurd.
I saw her in 1973 and stood there for as long as I pleased. This was at the Louvre. I was an American on vacation. I later got a minor in studio art.
On a student tour in the summer of 1969, a few of us stood next to the Mona Lisa for 20-30 minutes. No barriers, no glass. Just a few students and an elderly guard who ignored us. I remember being surprised that the painting was so small--while Whistler's Mother took up half a wall. I didn't realize until now that I was so fortunate to have had that experience. (The Mona Lisa at that time was a well-known, revered art treasure. Maybe its allure waned over the years, but I find it hard to believe it was ever obscure.)
It’s being moved to the “basement.” Translation: it’s being moved to a secure undisclosed location for its safety in case WWIII kicks off.
Oh God I hope anyone who tries to deface her get very serious jail time!
Not sure how they can change the public sentiment because it's way smaller than you expect and you cannot get close enough to examine it to see what the fuss is about....It was a disappointment for me
I found the same thing. Gave up and went elsewhere in the museum.
I was taken to see the Mona Lisa back in 1963 when my Dad said we were going to see the most beautiful painting in the world. Then you could approach it to a distance of about 3 feet, no crowds, no time restriction. I was singularly unimpressed; there were other paintings far more exciting to see and far more beautiful. Best thing is put her in the cellar, lock the door and throw away the key.
Given the chance, I would see both the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, and the Prado Museum's Mona Lisa, I think I'd get a better appreciation seeing both of them.
its nice but much smaller than expected.
Well... Leonardo wasn't so much of a painter... he was more active in other areas.
I thought so too
25 years ago when I saw the Mona Lisa I just could not understand all the fuss over the painting! The disappointment and realisation that I had just wasted my time and energy in rushing to the Louvre before the closing time. You see when you don't have anything to entice tourists to visit your country you have to resort to publicity stunts like this. A beautiful "ganga aarti" oil painting.....Awe inspiring! I adorns my lounge and don't even know the name of the local artist but thank that artist every time I see that painting.
Absolutely.. I don’t know why so much hype over western creations
The Louvre has many beautiful works of art, it’s just a pity that the Mona Lisa has become so famous and that people are too ignorant to enjoy the rest of the museum…
Try a microscope, the internet, automobiles, airplanes, cds etc…
Depends what you are looking for. Personally, there are many better paintings out there then the Mona Lisa. I think it’s due to all the movies about it
I loved seeing it in real life. But that was long ago so I guess it was less crowded. I stayed there as long as I liked. The big groups were all in a rush. I enjoyed the lull in between. I also took the time to see other famous art pieces because why go to a whole museum and focus on just one piece?
I hope they put it behind a thick chunk of glass so you can get up closer to it ,it's not very big and it's so far away, you really don't experience it's beauty, just the spectacle of it's popularity. It's truly a disappointment. ❤
It's a big tourism scam.
I have loved The Mona Lisa (which in France we call La Joconde) for years, always thought it was fascinating. I have seen it countless times, since I lived 18 years in Paris and visited the Louvres regularly, and not just to see her.
I have to admit that for years it was a struggle to get a glimpse of her, there usually was a massive crowd in front of the painting, and you had to almost wrestle your way in front. It's a pity because on the opposite wall is the huge Noces de Cana by Veronese, which a remarkable painting, and not just for its size.
The current arrangement, with 2 separate roped lines that allow you to move until you are just in front of the painting, is an improvement, but when there are too many people, you have museum personel asking you to move and make way for the next in line.
In july 2020, while COVID was messing with everybody's life, the Louvres reopened, and without the foreign tourists, the crowds were down 75% and the museum felt almost empty ! I went with my son, who needed a wheelchair at the time, and my daughter in law, and the guides made us go right up front, before the ropes ! It was awesome, we were barely 1 meter away from the painting, and I felt I had never seen it that well before, and she was so gorgeous !
To me she has become emblematic of the misogyny certain people feel when they hurl their anger at an image of a young woman who simply sat still for a portrait many, many years ago. She has done nothing to deserve their vitriol.
Good. Maybe now those of us who want to look at the other paintings currently in the same room will get to look at them in peace.
I was surprised by how small she is. It's beautiful. She is worth seeing no matter what ❤
We saw mona lisa in 1996. Im not sure how long we looked at it.
It was nice to see in person but i saw mona lisa in a magazine that was really wonderful.
I was told by so many the painting was so small I would be disappointed. Actually it was larger than expected so not disappointed at all.
I think it’s a good idea, but will this be ready for your Olympic visitors?
Thank you
Just return Mona Lisa to Italy
Exactly thanks finally someone who say it
it wasn't stolen by foreign forces as is so many times the case with artefacts. it was sold by the painter himself to the french king who gave him refuge amongst the political turmoil in Italy.
@@cranberrybetotally agree with you, people are prompt to criticise but they don’t no anything about this masterpiece’s history!
Before criticizing, learn the history…
@@cranberrybe no one saying it was stolen but if france don't like it then just return it to italy by the moment it was made in italy and was made and was made also about a italian woman , the real name is "Gioconda" in italy, she is a woman from Firenze and she was a wife of Francesco del Giocondo so Gioconda becouse is the feminine of Giocondo, all the world naming it wrong by forever
500 MILLION EUROS? €500 MILLION? HOW DID THEY REACH THAT NUMBER??
The paintings currently in the room with the Mona Lisa are much more interesting. I’ve been several times and the Mona Lisa doesn’t move me but many of the others just parallel to it do.
What!! $534 million dollars for 2 rooms in the basement. ?!!!!!!!
you have to redo every entrance in a historical monument, taking into account the unavoidable archeological findings. Everything you do in that area is highly costly because of reglementation , archaelogy, security concerns, high expertise needed.
banana Stick with tape on wall is the real art for this generation I oppose sustainable development now
I saw the Mona Lisa in the mid 1960’s. I was very young and accompanied by my parents. No crowds .
Yeah maybe they are tired of people trying to destroy it...its sad..my whole life ive always wanted to go see the painting..now i probably wont ever get to see it in person now..sad...
When will somebody actually say what everyone is thinking anyway : *Mona Lisa is a stinking old painting* *It is over-over-hyped* and definitely NOT worth the trouble of standing 6 hours in a queue to see it for 1 mins.
What is the next paint or statue they will put to replace the pain?
IN THE ICONIC FILM "THE DA VINCI CODE" IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE PAINTING ON THE LOUVRE WALL IS A REPLICA AND THE REAL PAINTING IS SAFE IN A VAULT. THIS MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE AS ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN LIKE A CRAZED PERSON LUNGING AT IT AND TOTALLY DESTROYING IT!!
Or those stop oil activists who destroy paintings 🙄
Half a billion dollars sounds exorbitant for two rooms and an entrance. I hope they are taking bids and auditing the selection.
The space does not make it the most famous! The very fact they try to hide it will make it even more famously valuable! Those will search for the smile in other forms he made and will bring out the hidden art work of divinchi! There are other paintings from many artist with this hidden smile! Hide the art more will be made
One has to be educated about the time and painters and the epoch of the time before they can understand what they're looking at and even better to understand why it's so special.
1:36 I don't see a crowd. I see people with lots of time on their hands to view the painting.
Why would anyone pay money and deal with those crowds to only look at one painting? And, one of the least impressive or interesting ones of what I've seen is there, in my opinion.
Same here 😢😊
37% negative reviews? Thats it? Sound like its a hit.
Europeans converted art and painting into money laundering
Which is like saying Indians converted art into pornography.
New Yuk Galleries started it with Jackson Pollock and other frauds.
they were always scammers…, they learned from their ahem… “ancestors”
the rest of the world did'nt anything with it. Europeans convert everything into something productive.
awesome idea. now just change the name of "the basement."
In the UK all museums are free of charge, the french like their income
your government finances that, but lets most of the UK rot, it's a disgrace what's being done to the UK heritage. France must spend billions of euros if not trillions so that we don't lose anything ,it's our choice. We put a ton of public money so that people can see this art, these castles, so yes, the least you can do is pay entrance.
@@backintimealwyn5736 greedy
It's not possible for two rooms and new entrance to cost $534M.
Gotta say, alongside Times Square in NYC, the Mona Lisa was very disappointing.
Why would anyone go to an art museum and skip almost all of the art?
Stream it online in 4K too
What a massive waste of money. The first time I went there it was in a different location and the result was the same. Now when I go to the Louvre I don’t even bother.
50 seconds is enough for a selfie next to it
All I see in this video is the brilliance and forethought of I.M. Pei who designed the pyramid.
So what are people going there to see then?
They couldn't come up with a solution cheaper than $534,000,000.00 😳😳 ? Wow. On a side note, prior to watching the video, I thought for sure they were moving it so that activists couldn't throw shit on it or glue themselves to it.
Just back from Paris... The city is dirty, and pick pocketing is everywhere in local trains. There are 100 chances you get robbed in Paris. So don't take any value - no cash. No passport. No expensive jewelry. Don't sign any papers. Don't engage with street strangers. Make sure your phone and credit cards are safe and secured. No police will help getting your stolen money. They would make you wait long time just to take the report. That's it.
Taking as a victim in Paris trains. Monalisa is over hype. Much more beautiful artwork in Louve.
I hope the gouvernment of french pay attention with these problem, if not in future, tourists will not interesting to come😢
I just came back from my 14th visit to Paris and I was never pickpocketed. Just like in every big cities including yours, be aware of your surroundings.
I dont understand why those people try to destroy the art?
I mean except for the real artists there is nothing much to see in the painting...
For them too
It’s NOT a happy painting. People should know what they’re going to look at before hand.
So many things to see in the Louvres that these people do not watch...
Put it in another building and ban cameras. Problem solved.
It’s famous because it was stolen at a time when newspapers were able to print photographs.
It was never a normal painting, but it was seen by the "normal" idiots who couldn't recognize its qualities.
No painting by Leonardo da Vinci is a “normal” painting.
1:54 Just ignoring because not interested & got other news to worry about
There's no mistakes, just happy incidents.
Adding a happy little cloud would really enhance the Mona Lisa painting.
Funny that scientists are spending too much time figuring out if she is smiling or not.
Michlangelo , EYEBROW less masterpiece , lifts some BROWS & Surprises
Give me Vermeers Girl with the pearl earring anytime
Jesus half a billion for renovation for a dedicated room . Mona Lisa is worth 860 million. I guess it’s okay if they go with planned proposal
From the Louvre to the Loo.
I don't understand why they are disappointed. They know what it looks like. It's not going to change when they get there. It's just a painting of some random woman and she's not even that good-looking.
Sounds good to me.
Hire Mr Bean to Protect it....The best Security and Defense Force
Mona, do not understand the fascination, never have
Mona Lisa is overrated.
L take
They should exhibit Mona Lisa at the airport.
I don't understand the popularity of this painting. I've never seen anything attractive about it. Dark and dingy.. Why would you skip the rest of the gallery for this painting? I know its famous and painted well. But no one even knows who it is. I would not hang it on my wall.
She looks like Palki Sharma
Been there, done that. Didn’t find it at all appealing.
MOna lisa caused more damae to art than almost anything. It is nto even Leonardo best piece, but media and journalists troughout 20th century invented a whole mistique around it.
please write Mona Lisa. In dialect Mona means something else.
The painting is kinda overrated due to its rich history, but I guess this is an outsider’s opinion. Just like any other art pieces, the beauty of Mona Lisa is subjective.
Mona lisa painting is very ordinary looking painting, hardly a great piece of art !!!! Its just propaganda.
My phone got stolen in Paris. Disappointing.
Underwhelmed when I viewed it. It’s behind so much protection it could be a copy and no one would know. Ugly painting. But that’s art
The Louvre has a nude version of the Mona Lisa
Mustachios 😊
The other Mona Lisa in Spain is better.