" NOW and similar organizations helped make women increasingly aware of their limited opportunities and strengthened their resolve to increase them (Unknown 1). .
Women's biggest strife in life has always been their gender. Freud would agree that a woman's biggest weakness is her sex. She is inferior because she lacks the organ that has long been thought to bring superiority and power (Barry 131). A woman has never been able to express power because a man has always been there to pull her back and hinder her acceleration in life. Feminism is the fight for political movement, to contraception, to equality in the home and altering roles of family (Unknown 2). It is about a woman doing what a woman wants to do and even doing it better than a man.
The 1950's was a dead time for feminism, but it was there. In Mona Lisa Smile, we see a world full circle of women who are victims of men and even circumstance. These women had everything they were the smartest women in the country. Their only obstacle in life was getting a husband and even that was an obstacle easily surpassed. The one thing that changes Wellesley College was Katherine Watson. Ten years before the feminist movement really embraced women, the women in Mona Lisa Smile were already challenge the role of man and women's liberation and making choices on their own.
Katherine Watson played by Julia Roberts is an art history teacher from California. The most interesting thing about Katherine is that she is in her thirties and not married. To the women of Wellesley College this is an abomination. It was obvious that every woman's dream was to get married and have children. Katherine did not regret her decision she was content and happy being single and liberated. As one student wrote in the school newsletter, "Katherine did not come to Wellesley to fit in she came to Wellesley to make a difference." .
Katherine did make a difference and it did not come easy.
The Secrets of Mona Lisa Outline I. ... Leonardo da Vinchi's profile on the veil of the Mona Lisa. ... The way Mona Lisa looks at us. ... The top of his head is the veil line crossing Mona Lisa's forehead. The profile looks to Mona Lisa's right and our left as we view the painting. ...
But perhaps, his most famous and controversial masterpiece is the "Mona Lisa." ... And although each viewer may see the Mona Lisa differently, the most common point of interest is what's most mysterious about the painting - the reason for her smile. ... Her identity was mush easier to find than the Mona Lisa's. ... The face of La belle is expressionless and almost looks as if she is lost in thought, the lips are in a very faint smile, but it is not the same as the Mona Lisa's. ... Simple; her smile....
In Leonardo's Mona Lisa (1503), her expression is that of physical and emotional restraint-riposo. Raphael's La Donna Velata (1516) also features a restrained expression like that of Mona Lisa. ... Mona Lisa and La Donna Velata's hairstyles are both smoothed dark hair with a part in the middle, obviously fashionable at the time. ... With Mona Lisa's background setting including a winding path/river, which gives the meaning of a Path of Virtue, the symbolism of the Path of Virtue combined with the veil symbolism shows that Mona Lisa was a married woman, not a mistress as...
In portraits such as his Mona Lisa, da Vinci began to popularise the use of the three quarter pose, this provided a sense of intimacy between the subject and viewer with the woman managing to engage the eyes of the viewer' (Garrard. ... Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting would have to be the Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda. ... The subject of the Mona Lisa, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo is presented in a mysterious way. ... Her smile has been a subject of many a discussion, the cause of which is unknown and is destined to remain a mystery. ... The portraits which ...
Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression, seemingly both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal fame. In the painting, Mona Lisa, Leonardo concentrated most on the harmony of the figure and the back ground. ... Most famous of all, Mona Lisa's mouth and eyes were delicately blurred creating the mystery smile, both melancholic and mocking. Mona Lisa's mysterious smile evocative and the aliveness of the painting is a product of Leonardo de Vinci's study of nature. ... Also, in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the figure's every detail is echoed in the backgr...
Another of Leonardo's paintings that is extremely well known throughout the world, probably one of the most well known works of art in the world, is the Mona Lisa. ... We can not really tell where it is or why he chose to put it with Mona Lisa. ... Roy McMullen said "The barren uneven background in the Mona Lisa is as dispassionate as the sitter," which would refer to the enigmatic smile that Leonardo has decided to put on this woman. ... In one of his most known works, "The Mona Lisa," this technique is all too evident. ... Take the "Mona Lisa" for example. ...
(Hart 96) The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is regarded as the most famous and well-known works in all of art history. ... Surprisingly enough, there is no actual proof that da Vinci was the artist responsible for The Mona Lisa. ... (www.loadstar.prometeus.net/leonardo/mona.html 1) The most notable feature of the Mona Lisa is the "mysterious" smiling face. ... (Janson 456) Interestingly enough, a nude version of the Mona Lisa was made for the king of France. ... The Louvre decided that all of the masterpieces should be under glass just ten months before the Mona Lisa was stolen. ...
