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Man, I love this one. Delicious paranoia fuel.
I like this idea, but the Additional Information section needs to be tightened up.
I dislike how everybody and his dog gives the Mona Lisa special powers or a hidden secret or a mysterious origin.
What Gnostalgia said.
It's just a painting, and not Da Vinci's best by far.
And the power being "oh no the mona lisa is looking me oh nooooes" is really narmy.
Anyway, what actually caused me to downvote this article is that I feel the information is all over the place and not arranged correctly. The Description mostly seems to consist of acquisition, for starters.
The Mona Lisa is the best example I have observed to prove that for most people, art is a sideshow. A few years ago while in Paris with my dad, we went to dozens of art galleries and churches, including the Louvre. Travelling through the museum was relaxing and easy since the building is so massive and there were only two or three other people in each room at most… Then we got to Mona. She was the only painting in the room and it was the size of a lecture hall. PACKED TO THE BRIM WITH PEOPLE. I don't know how they dont consider it a fire hazard. The surreality of walking around a massive nearly empty museum of world renown only to find a single massive room with a single painting housing at least half the full attendance of the entire building deserves it's own bloody SCP.
you do realize that this post is nearly two years old, right?
Well other people can see it can't they? I felt like voicing my thoughts, not looking for an answer to a question I didn't ask.
What got my downvote? Images of the painting exist before the foundation took it and more than that this is one of the single most famous paintings ever. It is also one of the most analysed and studied. This would not work. A nice idea, and it might have worked with a less famous work, but with the Mona Lisa… No.
it is generally badly written - and the idea that in 500 years no-ones noticed this obvious effect is ridiculous.
to salvage would need a new portrait - something not famous - and a big rewrite.
finding a decent non-famous picture could be tricky
After several months of ehn, it's finally drifted down to -5. Suggesting this be deleted.
This one actually gave me chills the first time around. Maybe give someone a chance to change it and make it not the Mona Lisa?
Hell, I actually have an obscure painting somewhere that could replace it. *dramatic fist shake, tearful eyes* Give me twenty four hours, you monsters!
Cue exciting music.
Also a montage of Sorts frantically typing, wiping brow, pacing, pumping weights….
More like me getting swamped at work and having a social event this evening. Please give me till Saturday to clean up the folderol!
In the meantime here was my thought for a replacement painting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_%28painting%29
Edit: image removed per below, and is pending replacement.
That's not how copyright works. A photo of a copyrighted painting is still copyrighted. The Flickr user has engaged in what is called "License Laundering".
It's still copyright of Magritte, and will continue to be until January 1 2038 (since Magritte died in 1967).
Do any images exist that are both suitably creepy and suitably licensed, maybe, but this isn't one of them.
yes, cock waffle.
This article is so much better since the edits.
A friend of mine had suggested this painting to get the SCP treatment outside of this article, with the idea that the Foundation should have an entire gallery of forbidden art stashed somewhere… works that either have paranormal properties or extreme memetic effects. So if anyone else wants to add other pieces to Gallery 27 here go nuts.
The original author's idea was solid, IMO, believing that you could see people staring at you through the backs of their heads gave me the heebie jeebies. Now that this isn't MonaLisaLol I hope it recovers from the downvote pit.
Much better, and not just because it's no longer the Mona Lisa. It's a hell of a lot more manageable length, I really like how it ties into a real artist and his works, and it still keeps the original idea intact. Excellent save, Sorts, +2 swing.
Sorts's changes make this one a lot better. Downvote retracted.
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