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Monday, May 27, 2019

‘Short of imagination’: Germaine Greer scorns Leonardo da Vinci’s art

The prolific author says the Mona Lisa looks ‘half-dead’ while speaking at Hay festival

Leonardo da Vinci, the incomparable Renaissance master? Actually, he was rather sloppy, disappointing and derivative.

His greatest work, the most popular painting in the world? “The bloody Mona Lisa… this half-dead woman, this strange green-faced female.”

Related: Who was Leonardo da Vinci and what can we learn from him?

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