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The Mona Lisa (La Joconde)
The most interesting thing for me about Shakespeare is that he did not praise Jesus Christ and His followers in his works.
It is just like "Harry Potter" does not include praise to Jesus Christ and His followers.
Indeed, British are interesting people in this context.
But, it may be a little different that I cannot feel any pious emotion to Jesus Christ and God in works of Leonardo da Vinci.
I do not think that Leonardo da Vinci reasonably understood Jesus Christ and God.
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When the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited France decades ago, or in early 1970's, he went out to see the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) in Musée du Louvre.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa)
It is reportedly said that he said, "This is truly a genuine article!" Then it was decided to send the picture to Japan for display, which eventually became one of two rare occasions that the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) was displayed outside France (another occasion is in Russia).
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First of all, I do not trust Leonardo da Vinci about his piety. Thus, as a bad tree bears a bad fruit, I do not trust the value of the Mona Lisa as well as all the other works Leonardo da Vinci presented.
However, from a technical point of view, the picture the Mona Llisa is really appealing.
Traditionally, Japanese artisans are No.1 in the world in terms of creating fine and exquisite handicrafts in various fields. So, only Japanese may be able to sense the level of technique Leonardo da Vinci mastered.
The Mona Lisa is regarded as an application of fine and exquisite handicraft based on a theory Leonardo da Vinc found in terms of relationship between technique and effect.
It is not a miracle result of love, passion, and emotions expressed on a canvas.
It is a result of an application of expertise Leonardo da Vinc mastered.
With the level of technique and expertise, a genius without love and faith in Jesus Christ and God would be even able to depict Him in His most difficult time, such as the last supper.
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Indeed, you do not need faith and love to depict faith and love on a canvas as long as you have mastered the highest technique and expertise in a field of depicting something on a canvas.
But, does it mean that a Devil has won at the highest level of a category of art?
Indeed, the Devil must be proud, but the Devil cannot jump to another higher dimension of art. A Devil's work can be a number one at a certain level of a certain field, but there is another dimension for the field. He cannot win there.
Any picture painted with love and faith in God would surpass a Devil's work even if it is so well depicted with the highest skill and expertise.
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Look at a lovely and decent picture of a young lady you are fond of or love, you will not think that you must be a fool if you cannot understand a hidden feeling of a painted lady, such as Mona Lisa (Joconde).
Leonardo da Vinci loved the smiling of Mona Lisa (Joconde) as he took it in a camera in his mind the moment the model showed for a certain reason.
The smiling just appeared on the face of the model but disappeared forever. Yet, it stayed in memory of Leonardo da Vinci forever. He just put it out of his inside camera to relocate it on a canvas. And, they matched, since he could invent a special skill of depicting something so finely and exquisitely.
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Japanese artisans were traditionally not interested in naturalistic painting. They did not try hard to depict a model so as to present specifically how he or she really looked.
It is rude and manner less.
Indeed, Jesus Christ did not allow for any paintings or drawings of his figure. Even no graphic and realistic description seem to have been allowed.
Yet, He seems to have left a shroud with His images printed on mysteriously, which really amazed, horrified, and moved His followers 2000 years ago.
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However, you may like to see how women who followed Jesus Christ looked like.
So, then, you can look at Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, both of whom however died in 1997, the fatal year leading to 2001 and today.
Or do you think Mona Lisa (Joconde) was a believer of Jesus Christ?
Then what are you looking at in or on the Mona Lisa (Joconde)?
Go and find a pious lady who may have come from the Kingdom of God!
(Are there any rich men who can buy the whole Musée du Louvre?
If I am such a rich man, I will of course buy the whole Musée du Louvre for you, since I am a rich man who can buy the whole Musée du Louvre for you if the God so wishes.)
"SHAKE A DUST OFF YOUR FEET AS WARNING TO THEM"