Blog #5

The piece that I chose is a painting called “Monalisa” by Fernando Botero in 1978 and I found this painting under the Google Art Project link. The reason why I chose this painting was because looking through his artwork that the link supplied I found it very interesting and even a bit funny. Most of his works were paintings or sculptures of people who were over weight, even having a horse and a banana looked bigger then usual. The medium of this artwork is that it is an oil painting reproduction on a canvas.  Looking at his artwork I also noticed that in the paintings or sculptures they each had similar expressions on their faces that seemed serious or just has a blank look. I believe this painting is abstract because it exaggerates the actual painting of the Monalisa. What is also exaggerated is that her head is bigger then her whole body. After reading some information about Botero, the reason why he would exaggerate the body is for either humor or political criticism depending on the piece he is painting. This is obviously represented after the “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Di Vinci, by the name, the posture of the woman sitting, and the colors he used to design it. I believe that he repainted the “Monalisa” in his style of art for some sort of humor. Just for the fact that the actual “Mona Lisa” by Di Vinci was around for such a long time and has created some controversy behind the painting that he just wanted to bring a humorous aspect towards it.