Sep 18, 2013 · Millions of words have been devoted to the Mona Lisa and her smirk — more generously known as her ‘enigmatic smile’ — and so today it’s difficult to write about her without sensing that you’re at the back of a very long and noisy queue that stretches all the way back to 16th century Florence.

Jun 21, 2019 · For most of recorded human history, the open smile has been “deeply unfashionable,” observes writer Nicholas Jeeves in his essay “The Serious and the Smirk: The Smile in Portraiture.” Today, we perceive smiling as …

By the middle of the Archaic Period of ancient Greece (roughly 800 BCE to 480 BCE), the art that proliferated contained images of people who had the archaic smile, [1] [2] as evidenced by statues found in excavations all across the Greek mainland, …

While an open smile is unequivocal — a signal moment of unselfconsciousness — for an artist, the serious or the smirk are preferable in that they may convey almost anything.

Jun 23, 2019 · A walk around any art gallery will reveal that the image of the open smile has, for a very long time, been deeply unfashionable. Miss La Creevy’s equivocal ‘smirks’ do however make more frequent appearances: a smirk may offer artists an …

Feb 7, 2017 · The most famous and enduring portrait in the world functions around this very conflict — Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Millions of words have been devoted to the Mona Lisa and her smirk — more generously known as her "enigmatic smile".

For most of recorded human history, the open smile has been “deeply unfashionable,” observes writer Nicholas Jeeves in his essay “The Serious and the Smirk: The Smile in Portraiture.” Today, we perceive smiling as an indication of friendliness, happiness, or affection.

Jul 14, 2018 · “There are only two styles of portrait painting,” Charles Dickens once remarked, “the serious and the smirk.” Drawn entirely from the collection of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, this exhibition explored the social function of portraits in American history.

4 days ago · A Swirl of Intrigue Surrounds Swedish Painter Hilma af Klint’s Newfound Status as an Icon of Abstract Art. ... In her mind the paintings were more religious icons than classic artworks, carrying ...

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