[HN Gopher] The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa and Took It to Italy
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The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa and Took It to Italy
Author : fortran77
Score : 65 points
Date : 2022-10-08 21:01 UTC (3 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| woeh wrote:
| Non-paywalled: https://archive.ph/Pebba
| naikrovek wrote:
| I think there was an episode of Drunk History about this. Jack
| Black played Vincenzo if I recall.
| hankchinaski wrote:
| some people say that the popularity of the monalisa is due more
| to the fact that has been stolen many times as opposed to its
| actual artistic value. it's more about the story behind the piece
| than the piece itself
| Abekkus wrote:
| I'm sure there's an academic word for it, but after some point,
| popularity can simply breed more popularity, without any
| actionable, functional reason.
|
| Get popular enough, and people will find it worthwhile to
| publish reasons for why something is as popular as it is, just
| to therapeutically reassure themselves that the adoration isn't
| meaningless.
| quesera wrote:
| > I'm sure there's an academic word for it
|
| kardashianism?
| bobthepanda wrote:
| Bandwagoning is as old as time itself.
| sushid wrote:
| I think it's a bit different from bandwagoning.
| jasonhong wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect
|
| The Matthew effect of accumulated advantage, Matthew
| principle, or Matthew effect for short, is sometimes
| summarized by the adage "the rich get richer and the poor get
| poorer". The concept is applicable to matters of fame or
| status, but may also be applied literally to cumulative
| advantage of economic capital. In the beginning, Matthew
| effects were primarily focused on the inequality in the way
| scientists were recognized for their work. However, Norman W.
| Storer, of Columbia University, led a new wave of research.
| He believed he discovered that the inequality that existed in
| the social sciences also existed in other institutions.
| sk55 wrote:
| Lindy effect kind of comes close
| dfxm12 wrote:
| How many times has it been stolen? This is the only theft I can
| find any info about.
| Kon-Peki wrote:
| This reminds me of the recent movie about the man who stole the
| Duke of Wellington portrait from the National Gallery in London
| in the 1960s.
|
| Both were caught due to their own actions and not those of
| investigators.
|
| It was amusing because he (Duke of Wellington thief) was only
| convicted of stealing the frame, as the jury decided that he had
| only borrowed the painting itself.
| Arrath wrote:
| That was a rather enjoyable movie.
| UberFly wrote:
| There's a series called "Raiders of the Lost Art" that tells
| these kind of tales. I've enjoyed both seasons. Currently on
| Curiosity Stream I believe: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5067190/
| napolux wrote:
| Vincenzo Peruggia one of us. :P (yeah, yeah, I know France
| ownership of the Mona Lisa is written in historical documents)
|
| When we won the FIFA World Cup in 2006 against France, for months
| there was a "meme" about us wanting the Mona Lisa back.
|
| Everyone was using a ringtone about it.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHKgVPaGoU
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| The guy in the tv spot became a meme himself.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZG21UPH0A
|
| Ah, good times.
| ask_b123 wrote:
| From the desc of the 2nd link:
|
| > The actor of the movie is particulary hated by almost all
| Italian people. I let you judge why :P
|
| Why though?
| dfxm12 wrote:
| This is the first time I saw the commercial, but I can tell
| you I already hate him for the same reason I hate the crazy
| frog. It sounds catchy as first, but it's just an annoying
| novelty song and if everyone had it as their ringtone, it
| would get real old real fast (just like the crazy frog axel f
| song).
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