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- nicholasdog, on 04/11/2008, -1/+5So that is why Mona has no eyebrows...
- snohman, on 04/11/2008, -5/+1no hair is hot...
- lucidguru, on 04/11/2008, -11/+4The voice ruins it... The whole point of the Mona Lisa is the mystery behind it. FAIL.
- soloride, on 04/11/2008, -5/+1yes! keep things the way they are...lets not change how we look at art. by the way its not the real painting, so the original painting still has its mystery.
- TheKorn2, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2No, he's right. This is a pretty epic failure. It wouldn't be if it had GOOD animation behind it. But this is sub-PS3 level crapamation.
- MortalynFlux, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2The kids like it, and it's a good way to learn outside of a classroom environment. I'm sure they will remember the paintings and what they represent a lot longer than if they saw it briefly in a textbook.
- DatoeDakari, on 04/11/2008, -3/+2So by your logic, nobody else up until now should remember those painting because they weren't some freaky talking thing on the wall, which leaves nothing to the imagination.
- revjustin2, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1@datoeDakri What? That was a bit of a stretch. I don't see how you reached such an absolute conclusion. Please refrain from invoking logic when you clearly don't understand it.
- DatoeDakari, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2I just meant that kids should remember paintings for what they are, not as something that talks to you.
- revjustin2, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Sorry to have sounded so harsh. I just reread my comment and it was unnecessarily dickish. My apologies.
- MortalynFlux, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2The kids like it, and it's a good way to learn outside of a classroom environment. I'm sure they will remember the paintings and what they represent a lot longer than if they saw it briefly in a textbook.
- TheKorn2, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2No, he's right. This is a pretty epic failure. It wouldn't be if it had GOOD animation behind it. But this is sub-PS3 level crapamation.
- Andrwmorph, on 04/11/2008, -0/+10They should have used Gilbert Gottfried
- soloride, on 04/11/2008, -5/+1yes! keep things the way they are...lets not change how we look at art. by the way its not the real painting, so the original painting still has its mystery.
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+25As an art teacher I'm not too sure how I feel about this. On one hand I think it's brilliant, especially to help elementary students understand art. Anything interactive is always helpful. On the other hand, my favorite thing to do as an art teacher is to reveal the story behind the piece of art and let my students imaginations run with it. I think this technology might dull down their imagination and make students even less interested in traditional art. They'll never care about walking into an art museum again unless they can talk to the paintings.
Personally, it kind of creeped me out to see Mona Lisa talking. Maybe if I understood what she was saying it wouldn't be so weird :)- punkcat, on 04/11/2008, -3/+2did u even pay attention to the ages of the kids?
it was a great way to get them interested in some stories behind the art at that age and not have to listen to some old man drone on and on.- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+8For one, I'm not an old man, I'm a young woman and I don't drone on and on. As I already wrote, I think this technology is "brilliant, especially to help elementary students understand art". I usually teach high school students, so my comment was coming from that perspective. With all the current technology and entertainment it is becoming harder and harder to keep students focused in the classroom. I've watched students on the computer while talking on the cell phone and listening to their i-pod. As one person I cannot possibly be as entertaining as those 3 things.
While technology has done leaps and bounds for education I think it has also dumbed some of us down a bit. So many students today only know how to be entertained (t.v., computers etc.) and don't know how to entertain themselves.
Part of me would love to start a 'back to basics' program where students could go for a semester abroad. The school could be in some beautiful forest somewhere and would challenge students to discover their own imagination and see what they're made of.
I also support a few programs in Africa where kids are so poor and uneducated. These programs help kids get into schools and have a meal a day. There's only 1 pencil to every 6 students and they meet under a tree, but they don't care because they're so excited to learn! I'd like to spread some of that excitement in America.- Verz, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2Then reform education to better use our modern technology. The American educational system hasn't changed much since it's been established. Why do you people insist that school must stay boring to be educational? Why does everything media-like kill our children's minds and imagination? If anything, it spurs their creativity and interest, which is what matters.
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3I agree that America's educational system is very poor. I do everything I can to make my class as exciting as possible - I'm an art teacher though, so that's pretty easy to do. I did not say EVERYTHING media-like kills children's minds and imagination. Technology has obviously helped our education system hugely. I don't know where I'd be without an LCD projector and a computer in my classroom. I do think your generation as a whole has a dependency on technology.
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Another thought: you're probably in high school or about to start college, so, tell your teachers what you want to learn. I always ask my students what they want to do and I appreciate when students give me good feedback. Keep in mind that there are state standards that must be taught. If you ever get the chance to teach or one day when you have kids, maybe you'll understand where I'm coming from.
- Verz, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2Then reform education to better use our modern technology. The American educational system hasn't changed much since it's been established. Why do you people insist that school must stay boring to be educational? Why does everything media-like kill our children's minds and imagination? If anything, it spurs their creativity and interest, which is what matters.
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+8For one, I'm not an old man, I'm a young woman and I don't drone on and on. As I already wrote, I think this technology is "brilliant, especially to help elementary students understand art". I usually teach high school students, so my comment was coming from that perspective. With all the current technology and entertainment it is becoming harder and harder to keep students focused in the classroom. I've watched students on the computer while talking on the cell phone and listening to their i-pod. As one person I cannot possibly be as entertaining as those 3 things.
- punkcat, on 04/11/2008, -3/+2did u even pay attention to the ages of the kids?
- theholotrope, on 04/11/2008, -3/+30Jesus was Korean!? IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!!!!
- insanebrain, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1No . .jesus is a myth. . based on the SUN.
- Ksusha, on 04/11/2008, -4/+5I like it. I think Koreans are very creative. :)
- mecharabbit, on 04/11/2008, -2/+2I hope no one ever animates the finger paintings that I did in kindergarten. They would probably say some pretty
f***ed-up stuff.
- mecharabbit, on 04/11/2008, -2/+2I hope no one ever animates the finger paintings that I did in kindergarten. They would probably say some pretty
- Vietrmx, on 04/11/2008, -1/+4Nice. A painting by an Italian that speaks Korean. That's awesome on, like, 5 different levels.
- TheKorn2, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2Yeah: suck, blow, spit, swallow, and choke.
- dannyboy3020, on 04/11/2008, -2/+4If she was speaking in English, no one on digg would be complaining ;)
- series0ftubes, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4I didn't know the Mona Lisa could speak Korean.
- ligyron, on 04/11/2008, -2/+0I didn't know Mona LIsa was still alive
- LenaVG, on 04/22/2008, -1/+0Oh, did you think she spoke American??
- martynda, on 04/11/2008, -2/+9I'm by no means an expert, but anyone else get the idea that the Mona Lisa is one of the most hyped and over-blown things in history? It's a really well made painting, I don't see how people associate it with everything from aliens, to Jesus, to the history of the universe, as it's some kind of key to life.
- sexybobo, on 04/11/2008, -4/+1*****
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+9The Mona Lisa is special for a few reasons. One, it is the first time an artist made up a background. Usually the artist painted whatever was directly behind the person. Leo repainted the background multiple times. Second, she has no facial hair. No one really knows why. Third, we're not sure who she is but there is one favorite choice. Fourth, it was Leo's favorite painting. He carried it everywhere he went for years until he sold it to the king of France. Fifth, Leo was a master and chiaroscuro painting and he showed it off in the Mona Lisa.
Even though there are all these reasons and more, I agree with you that it really doesn't seem THAT special.- mmdieterich, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Recent discoveries, just months ago, have identified who Mona Lisa was. She is identified as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518, ...
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Thanks, I couldn't remember her name.
- cdubd, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2I think I read something about them not being able to detect brush strokes...I think that would make the painting fairly special.
- mmdieterich, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Recent discoveries, just months ago, have identified who Mona Lisa was. She is identified as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518, ...
- PabloIV, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Plus, The Louvre does a really poor job of showing it off. Maybe it's changed but that last time I was there it was hung all by it self in the middle of a huge white wall. It was very underwhelming.
- aquireworth, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1It has a very thick glass encasing around it too. There were so many people pressed up against it when I was there that I could barely see it.
- johanm, on 04/11/2008, -4/+4who needs fine art when you can just animate them in 2nd life!
why hasnt anyone thought about this before! ah yeah BECAUSE ITS ***** STUPID- DatoeDakari, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2I with you, where's the mystery, these kids are going to grow up with no imagination whatsoever.
- sexybobo, on 04/11/2008, -2/+1Nowadays, people aren't interested in art that isn't tattooed on fat guys
- DatoeDakari, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1wow, I'm retarded, I forgot the 'm... now don't I look like fool
- sexybobo, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1*****
- DatoeDakari, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2I with you, where's the mystery, these kids are going to grow up with no imagination whatsoever.
- Ravenlark, on 04/11/2008, -3/+3Next on Digg: J.K. Rowling sues Korea!
- aethelberga, on 04/11/2008, -0/+6There is also one, in the same exhibit, of The Last Supper. The opportunities for hacking/pranking would be hilariously blasphemous.
- ehberg, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2Creepy.
- LoudMusic, on 04/11/2008, -1/+8Eh, it's kind of neat, but with technology now it's not really that impressive. And they didn't do a very good job of synching the audio and movements. Half-Life 2 does a better job of that.
- MortalynFlux, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Everything is done in steps. It's not too long before this will be holographic.
- Asheis, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2I personally really enjoyed this. I love art, though I wouldn't claim to be an expert or anything. I don't know what these paintings are saying, but I honestly doubt that it will dull the imagination of these children. What's more fanciful, a static, non-moving painting, or a fluid, interesting painting? While I agree with some of the above posters about letting the individual observer try to unravel the mysteries of the painting, I think this might just serve to help them create even more imaginative creations. I don't think giving Mona Lisa a voice destroys the mystery at all.
- joelf, on 04/11/2008, -0/+0This might actually scare kids enough to never want to look at old paintings again.
Uncanny Valley sort of creepiness.- RevoFM, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Imagine in 20 years having these types of pictures in creepy basements in Manhunt 15
- Jig813, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1"Mona Risa. Me ruv you rong time"
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just though I'd share that - klturi421, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2one step closer to a real life harry potter world
- Initialpassion, on 04/11/2008, -2/+1http://digg.com/arts_culture/Holograms_Get_Art_Tal ...
- CrudeDarkness, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1there should be one woman in the last supper (according to the Da vince code).
- ralphodog, on 04/11/2008, -1/+0The only sound I associate with La Joconde is the endless sound of camera shutters and flashes going off.
- lunachique, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Seems kind of tacky to me.
- DarkReign16, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1zzzzz
- PabloIV, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1Funny how all those Italian figures spoke fluent Korean.
But seriously, translations please... - YodaJones, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1I was hoping they would have made this picture talk:
http://tinyurl.com/4bdyv4 - DarkSpan, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Very postmodern
- mparker7410, on 04/11/2008, -2/+2Fap, fap, fap ,fap ,fap!
- nardo510, on 04/13/2008, -0/+12 words. ***** Awesome!
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