Photographer’s Note
I took this shot in Debrecen on "The Real da Vinci" exhibition. The Real da Vinci is the third stage of the exhibition La mente de Leonardo first shown to the public in Florence, Italy, last year and then this spring in the Japanese National Museum in Tokyo.
Although Leonardo is commonly known as a "universal genius", the exhibitions dedicated to him have almost always focused on soma specific area of his activity: painting, anatomy, technology, studios on water, on flight, and so on. The Real da Vinci offers its visitors a different point of view, inviting them to explore the genius' very mode of thinking. The exhibition has been designed to present his unitary conception of knowledge as the effort to assimilate, through bold theoretical syntheses and inventive experiments, the laws that groven all of the wondrous operations of man and nature.
The Real da Vinci shows a mind tenaciously endeavoring to decipher the rational processes that animate the phenomena of the physical world as well as the "motions of thought", driven by the desire to achieve a perfect imitation of nature in the world of art.
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Wandering_Dan
(3329) 2007-11-19 8:48
Nice capture of a fleeting moment - the live woman is in almost exactly the same pose as the statue. The statue in the meantime seems to be giving the photographer a knowing look. I also like the use of light and shadow. The statue is a bit soft, though.
Great grab shot!
japiey
(9531) 2007-11-19 21:31
Hello Linda,
Good shot and the eyes entangle to its dramatic point...
Excellent in concept and presentation.
Take care.
Salutes.
jean paul
jalab_temen
(1994) 2007-11-20 4:50
Really good compo, perfect lights, theartical colours (warm reds), indirect connections (stripes in the wall and the shirt) in a really vivid shot and informative notes. Congratulations. TFS, Jalab
Sanderson-Brown
(1697) 2007-11-21 6:10
Hi Linda,
you have captured the light on the statue very well. good DOF, it definitly gives a exhibition feeling!
Thanks for sharing
Kind Regards
Paul
sagar
(2307) 2007-11-28 3:35
Hi Melinda,
Great POV. The brightly lit up face of the idol with the inquisition in the eyes of the beholders is very attractive.
Regards,
Sagarneel.
batalay
(21416) 2008-04-16 9:03
Hello Melinda,
I love this sensitive "double portrait" of the young woman contemplating the bust called "A Woman With a Bunch of Flowers." It is a carving by Leonardo's master, Andrea dell Verrocchio. Verrocchio always put a subtle smile on his subject's faces, and always told his apprentices (Leonardo was by far the best, then Botticelli) to portray gestures with their hands. These lessons took hold in Leonardo, who used the devices in the few, but surpassing portraits that he painted. In my new book, "Leonardo's Universe" (to be published soon by the National Geographic) the statue will appear. I love the way you brought statue into the proximity of the woman contemplating it.
Warm regards,
Bulent
Photo Information
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Copyright: Melinda Temesi (temmel)
(3036) - Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-11-00
- Categories: Decisive Moment
- Camera: Pentax K100D, Pentax SMC-F 1:4-5.6 35-80mm
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2007-11-19 8:30








