People Won’t Stop Demanding The Mona Lisa To Be Cleaned, So Someone Just Explained What Would Happen

That was a great read. Super interesting.

It would be easier to do this in Photoshop.

When I saw this I couldn’t help but think about the ”restoration” of Ecce Homo. In case you forgot: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/botched-restoration-of-jesus-fresco-miraculously-saves-spanish-town-197057 FA08B4B6-B...9-jpeg.jpg

"Kids the brownish layer is like a Snapchatfilter." "Oh ok, cool. Leave it."

I feel smarter.😀

I'ma watch EGGDOG now. Has#tag memesincanada

Why don't they just put the Mona Lisa through a Snapchat filter?? HAS#TAG ConfusedInCanada

Well you learn something new everyday!

Super satisfying

I've always wondered why they hadn't conserved the Mona Lisa, and I was sad that they hadn't yet. At least I know why now!!

Correction. That painting being restored is 400 years old as it's saying in the text, the varnish must be 200 years old as it also states, since old paintings usually have been commissioned to be cleaned/restored/applied with new varnish at some point in their existence. Same with Mona Lisa, from what I read years ago it seems it has been restored at least 2 times, or quite possibly re-painted over far after his death by some other artists. At least that's how I remember it.

Do a little proof-reading if you don't want your audience to become distracted by careless mistakes. It's also proof of low standards.

Before doing any treatment, every artwork has to be thoroughly examined using scientific equipment. The Conservator needs to understand how the artist originally painted the artwork and which materials were used. It is also necessary to understand whether and how the artwork was altered and intervened upon in its past. All this analysis is necessary BEFORE conservation-restoration. It is not a matter of just making artworks look pretty, or a happy trial and error adventure. Even the slightest error will cause permanent damage! And its a huge responsibility as every artwork is unique and irreplaceable. This explains why artworks have to be treated ONLY by ethical and qualified professionals. As explained in this article, the removal of varnish should not be automatically considered for all artworks. Hundreds of 19th century paintings, for instance, have been purposely coated by a yellowed varnish by their respective artist to look like antiques!

Soooo....restore the Mona Lisa?

This was so educational, I loved it!

I really enjoyed reading all this, very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to share :)

I wonder how others gonna reply after getting full speech like that, lol. Either way it shows us to learn more deeply about something we want before we ask for it. Or at least for me.

Who are these people!?!???

On the Last Supper real painting, what is that part on the middle bottom? Where it looks like the tablecloth is flipped up a little? What is that blank spot under that??

Don't want to be nasty, but there is absolutely nothing fascinating about removing old varnish. ANYONE CAN DO IT. It looks cool on the video until you realize several things. Some painters might have adjusted the colors while painting so that the yellowish aspect of their varnish applied later creates exactly the colors they actually want. Removing the varnish completely now gives hardly the original look (LOL). There is a reason why there;s the so-called "yellow of the old masters". You may want to remove the top most layer of the varnish which includes dirt, but you do it slowly, taking measurements, because the varnish may not be the same thickness over the whole painting. You can never be sure you are removing ONLY the varnish. NEVER! And because you can never be sure what will happen next, you never work in such bold strokes like mr. Mould does on the video. The way he does it actually looks both laughable and frightening. There is no way any museum would allow for that.

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