[HN Gopher] History of the Salvator Mundi
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History of the Salvator Mundi
Author : FairDune
Score : 23 points
Date : 2022-05-07 06:07 UTC (2 days ago)
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| Archelaos wrote:
| Do people really belief that this is from Leonardo? It is so much
| unlike and I would say, forgive me, inferior compared to his
| uncontested works.
| starwind wrote:
| The Salvator Mundi definitely seems inferior. There's something
| very unnatural about the right hand. I can't get my hand in
| that position and I'm not disabled. The glass orb in the left
| hand doesn't seem to refract any light at all--I can't imagine
| as scientifically minded of a painter as Leonardo settling for
| this. And the eyes...it just has this derpy look
|
| Matthew Landrus and other art historians argue it came from
| Leonardo's workshop and Leonardo may have contributed some of
| the brush strokes--I have no problem believing that. But I just
| don't see this as a Leonardo
| markusschanta wrote:
| Michael Lewis has a great episode about this on his podcast
| Against the Rules:
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| https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/the-hand-of-leonardo/
| acjohnson55 wrote:
| I worked at an art-tech company when the Salvator Mundi went on
| sale. It was one of the most exciting things in to happen in the
| art world during the 3 years I worked there. I got to go on a
| tour of the viewing room at Christie's to see the painting and
| learn about its history. I have no idea how to evaluate the
| claims of its attribution, but it's definitely a great story, no
| matter what. Hopefully it will go on exhibition again soon.
| ordinaryradical wrote:
| What an incredible irony that the world's most regressive Islamic
| government buys a painting of Jesus by one of the world's most
| famous artists; and that same government rules that, according to
| Islamic jurisprudence, a similar depiction of Mohammed would be a
| high crime worthy of severe punishment.
| notorandit wrote:
| If it's on sale, it's on sale!
| Kranar wrote:
| There are no laws against depicting Muhammad in Saudi Arabia.
| Muslims frown upon depictions of prophets (including Jesus)
| because of its tendency to result in idolatry, but there is
| nothing criminal or illegal about it.
| abawany wrote:
| There was a DW documentary that I can't find now, which stated
| that art is a tax and dirty money shelter. Not sure if this was
| the case for buying a painting that 4(?) years ago was sold for
| ~130M and was now sold for ~500M.
| notorandit wrote:
| This is an incredibly detailed study. Especially the x-ray
| imaging showing a San Giovanni outline on the back.
|
| I need to reread all of it once more!
| bogomipz wrote:
| I highly recommend the documentary "The Lost Leonardo" referenced
| in the article:
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| https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-lost-leonardo
| ablanton wrote:
| Hito Steyerl has a nice talk on XR technology that starts with
| this work. (talk starts at about 6:30)
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Qhy0_PCjs
| ask_b123 wrote:
| > Condition & Restoration
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| > [Regarding the eyes] After many attempts over a period of
| several months I reached a reasonably satisfactory result by
| doing as little as possible.
|
| :)
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