The Incident That Made the Mona Lisa So Famous | Tales From the Bottle

You know the Mona Lisa, but do you know WHY you know the Mona Lisa?

"Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian museum worker, artist, and thief, most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris on 21 August 1911."

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[Qxir]

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[ifabforfun]

I saw the Mona Lisa in 2003 and you could get pretty close to it, no wood just a velvet rope. It was really unimpressive in person haha, the colors were very dark, apparently the paint has oxidized over the years, and quite small. The most impressive painting I saw in person was Dali's "Crucifixion" or Christ of Saint John on the Cross. It has the same optical illusion effect as the Mona Lisa's eyes but it is actually cool, saw it in Glasgow in 2009.

[compatriot]

I think this rule applies to pretty much every artifact/artwork that has a historical/ridiculous event connected to it, such as the bucket that sparked a war and the immovable holy land ladder

[trj]

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[otgenesis]

I can imagine Picasso wanting to take a short commercial break whenever he wants to say his full name.

[tommyfishhouse]

Much better and more entertaining coverage of the Mona Lisa's theft than the god awful one Adam Ruins Everything did.

[qbmac]

I feel bad for all the other artworks that have to share the same room as the Mona Lisa.

[Misanthrope]

Qxir, you're such an entertaining creator. Loved the channel for years now.

[abhishekrao]

If you ever go to the Louvre, there's a much cooler and larger painting directly opposite of Mona Lisa called The Wedding Feast At Cana. It's the largest piece in the whole museum.

[areyouavinalaff]

He's right you know, I'd never even heard of this painting until after it was stolen.

[TheWTFbomber]

I remember going to the Louvre back in 2015 and there were debates about whether or not the painting we see there is the actual Mona Lisa or just a replica used for display in the event someone were to try to destroy or steal it again

[MylesHarcourt]

I always thought the Mona Lisa was just famous for being famous. On that note, can you do a video on how Kim Kardashian became famous next?

[franciscogalhetas]

i will say this, your prenounciation of the name francisco in the last clip was nearly perfect...if it was portuguese and not spanish, very minor differences in the sound tho so for an irishman that was impressive as hell

[iMajoraGaming]

this was legitimately the only thing i knew about the mona lisa as a kid, because one teacher found the theft interesting and told us about it in art class, so i was gobsmacked when it turned out to be wildly famous because i seriously thought it was just an old painting that got stolen, didn't even know who had made it

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[BenAEMT]

Had the pleasure of seeing her smile around 2000. Nobody clambering around.

Definitely worth a trip to the museum and France in general. Although things can change in 23 years.

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