Wednesday, November 26, 2008

mystery of monalisa

BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait.

Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been seen as the most likely model for the sixteenth-century painting.

But art historians have often wondered whether the smiling woman may actually have been da Vinci's lover, his mother or the artist himself.

Now experts at the Heidelberg University library say dated notes scribbled in the margins of a book by its owner in October 1503 confirm once and for all that Lisa del Giocondo was indeed the model for one of the most famous portraits in the world.

"All doubts about the identity of the Mona Lisa have been eliminated by a discovery by Dr. Armin Schlechter," a manuscript expert, the library said in a statement on Monday.

Until then, only "scant evidence" from sixteenth-century documents had been available. "This left lots of room for interpretation and there were many different identities put forward," the library said.

The notes were made by a Florentine city official Agostino Vespucci, an acquaintance of the artist, in a collection of letters by the Roman orator Cicero.

The comments compare Leonardo to the ancient Greek artist Apelles and say he was working on three paintings at the time, one of them a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.

Art experts, who have already dated the painting to this time, say the Heidelberg discovery is a breakthrough and the earliest mention linking the merchant's wife to the portrait.

"There is no reason for any lingering doubts that this is another woman," Leipzig University art historian Frank Zoellner told German radio. "One could even say that books written about all this in the past few years were unnecessary, had we known."

The woman was first linked to the painting in around 1550 by Italian official Giorgio Vasari, the library said, but added there had been doubts about Vasari's reliability and had made the comments five decades after the portrait had been painted.

The Heidelberg notes were actually discovered over two years ago in the library by Schlechter, a spokeswoman said.

Although the findings had been printed in the library's public catalogue they had not been widely publicized and had received little attention until a German broadcaster decided to do some recording at the library, she said.

The painting, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris, is also known as "La Gioconda" meaning the happy or joyful woman in Italian, a title which also suggests the woman's married name.

p/s: hope you enjoy reading it

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

finally!!

finally my misery is over... my exam all done and here i am enjoying my sem holiday! dis sem paper were soooo hard more than i expect it should..maybe not enough preparation and may be i sucked at study last minute orr do no..
i was at my uncle house b4 went home to my dear kampung keningau..ahahahah some of scene of the crime while we on our way back to keningau..both of my cousin amni and anissa and my cutie patrick..wide open!!! ahahah cute!
look at them sleeping soo penat after playing all day long. me, macu, amni, and anisa went to 1 borneo before our journey to papar. kesian nda sempat dorang round toys r us..next tymlah eheheh.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

paper susah..waaaaa!!!

im soo in stress rite now. my mgt paper today sucks!! i hate it soo much. everything i've read nda kluar..aduii all the question pon mengarang wuwuwuuw

Monday, November 10, 2008

paper mandarin

ari nie paper mandarin adui..pny susah gilak!! huaye de shu hen susahlah..hope i'll pass.

Friday, November 7, 2008

smile tym!













































whatever u do..just keep smiling...keep smiling....

you're a true sabahan when....

well i got this frm the blog of my aunt frens..eheheh buts it is really cool though to know bout sabahan n...mmm might be true eheheh enjoy reading it okie.
  • You drive at right lane of the road, with a speed of only 50 KM/H. If people horn behind you, you still don't know what's wrong.
  • You have the luxury of working from 8 AM to 5 PM (get off work punctually).
  • You don't believe that there is any "clean" politician in Sabah .
  • You feel "obligated" to reach the top of Mount Kinabalu at least once in a lifetime.
  • You prefer a big car than a big house (probably you can't drive a big house around to show off).
  • You wear slipper and short wherever you go, even in city.
  • You still think that Labuan belongs to Sabah .
  • You will not go to any FREE seminar / function that has no food or refreshment.
  • You don't care about service. You just want things cheap, cheap, cheap.
  • You know where to get your candles and torch light quickly in the total darkness (due to training by frequent blackout).
  • You know what "aramaitiee" means...
  • You shout "referee bodoh!!" and at the same time throw mineral water bottles on the pitch during a football match at Likas Stadium
  • Your Timorese maid ran away with her lover, taking your money or jewellery along..
  • You doubt someone's mykad wether it is real or fake..
  • Your favourite assemblyman whom you vote and supported all this while...gambled away and lost a whopping 60 million ringgit in a London casino..
  • You go inside a karaoke at 12 pm and realise that the place is still open at 5 am...
  • You come across a supposedly local person but with a very foreign accent..
  • You cannot vote in an election because someone has voted on behalf of you...
  • You own a bakakuk

kenduri

ari ni ada kenduri doa selamat. my atuk going to mekah untuk menunaikan ibadah haji. mudah mudahan perjalanan atuk akan senang tanpa aral melintang insyallah..amin. well for today also my penat day. going to the market n pasar bei brg kenduri. lauk mmm sayur sampur, ayam curry, ikan masak sweet sour, sup ayam kampung n etc many more eheheheheh syk oh byk makanan lagi mlm nie ehhehe.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

panicking day!



today would be the most panic day ever! i got panic when my lecturer sudenly call bout my unsubmitted assignment and i am this close!! to repeat the paper! fwehhhh..its not over yet he ask me to mail my assignment and i did. then i went to pekan ntk settle my streamyx account. my bill was like rm368! and i decided to terminate my acc. so i did and im able to pay only rm100 and settle the rest later...then in my way to my mom's kantin again!!!takazut! my lecturer call and tell me that he havent received my mail yet and again im sooo close to repeat the same paper again..percaya atau tidak..i managed to send the email again last minute! i ask my aunt to send while im panicking at kantin...fwehhh again...so damn panic! kesian my lecturer ansib baik kena lec baik kalu kena yg ndak ok..matailah gua! eheheheh by the way last nite me , my makcu and cousins went to funfair well actually i went to babysit!!eheheh and fun part is i got to play most of the game just because i need to babysit them ahahahah. gosh i luv the bumper car and the sotong thing

morale of the story: do not submit u assignment late and make sure to settle ur bill every month b4 its too late..ahahahah xoxoxoxo

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

my first post


a new blog. talking bout it make me feel nothing at all. just thinking n wat to write and etc.. well my cousins watching tom and jerry rite now and im sick of my ares not working and i have to use bittorrent..ayoooo sooo slowlah. i have exam on 11 nov. hope my misery will be over as soon as possible. cant wait for my cuti2 malaysia eheheheh