A Symbol of Civilization That Gazes Back
Selected by ART Driven Tokyo
As if it were alive. The goddess is back.
Silently, she is there.
The smiling woman—her name, Mona Lisa.
She lacks the radiance of Raphael’s Madonnas.
She doesn’t have the intensity of Michelangelo’s sculptures.
But she holds a “silent voice.”
Painted by Leonardo da Vinci—
A scientist, a philosopher, an artist.
He took up his brush to portray life itself.
Sfumato—a technique that blurs the outlines.
As if melting light and shadow.
Her skin breathes, her eyes speak.
Why does she smile?
What is she looking at?
The viewer’s heart changes her expression.
That is the magic of the Mona Lisa.
In 1911, she was stolen.
The world was thrown into uproar.
As a lost masterpiece, she instantly became a legend.
When she returned to the Louvre,
She was no longer just a painting.
She had become a symbol of civilization.
Beauty lies in stillness.
When we listen to the voiceless voice,
Mona Lisa speaks to us.
“I am the very gaze of the viewer,” she says.
ART Driven Tokyo’s “5 Masterpieces in ART History ” series #1 is about Giotto, the “Father of Western Painting.”
We delve into his revolutionary spirit—be sure to check it out!
