Comments on: Search for the Real Mona Lisa http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/search-for-the-real-mona-lisa/ Ideas on Events and Culture from Washington, DC Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike Licht http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/search-for-the-real-mona-lisa/#comment-20735 Mon, 02 May 2011 11:40:45 +0000 http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/?p=38953#comment-20735 Dog Gone wrote: I’d be surprised if La Gioconda’s bones aren’t in an ossuary somewhere ….

They make a distinction between “graves” and “tombs.” Tombs would be the long-term repositories for bones.

If they do locate the remains … it will be interesting to see what uses of modern science do with them.

Italian researchers reconstructed the faces of poet Dante Aligheri. It’s presumed that they will do the same for La Gioconda.

What a shame that the Italians haven’t been a bit more respectful of their historic dead.

They seem to be somewhat embarrassed about this particular case, but they have their priorities. Don’t forget, they were developing downtown parking in Florence. What could be more precious than downtown parking?

]]> By: Dog Gone http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/search-for-the-real-mona-lisa/#comment-20734 Mon, 02 May 2011 05:27:45 +0000 http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/?p=38953#comment-20734 Given the frequency with which bones were buried temporarily and then moved at a later time to make more room for subsequent dead people to be buried, I’d be surprised if La Gioconde’s bones aren’t in an ossuary somewhere, the less durable parts having gone to dust many centuries ago.

What a shame that the Italians haven’t been a bit more respectful of their historic dead. If they do locate the remains, which seems like looking for a needle in a haystack, it will be interesting to see what uses of modern science do with them.

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