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

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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.

 

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I'm sure he'll take this criticism on board when he's working on his nex- Hold on I'm getting some breaking news... what?...... oh no... it's seems he didn't take her comments well at all!

So, this is Greer's periodic reminder that she's still around.

Leonardo da Vinci walked this earth almost 600 years ago and will be remembered for Millenia, Germaine will be soon forgotten

Germaine Greer - Pedophile, TERF, rape apologist, and... art critic?

Bitch! 👏 I didn't realize we were out here sharing our bad opinions!

I don’t know why publications continue to bother with this old battle axe ... she only makes ridiculous statements for shock value in the hope of keeping herself in the public eye. redundant lookatme moronic

WTF? Who is Germaine to scorn daVinci? Now if ajemaineclement were to weigh in; and he wouldn’t say a pip against Leo....

Greer has become senile. Problem with old age. You start to lose your neurons at an alarming rate .

Germaine in rare 'desperately trying to seem relevant and interesting' moment.

Who?

She also said rape is okay in some circumstances, so maybe just ignore her.

mossy_fern I 'met' Germaine Greer once. Wish I hadn't.

Da Vinci will be remembered, long after Greer isn't. Which is the sign of true art.

I've always thought Mona was a bit of a dog.

“As for the famous smile, this is what I call the Leonardo smirk. You find it everywhere.”

Some people will say anything for publicity, a sad sign of a persons dwindling notoriety

Of course .. Germaine Greer’s art is so well regarded and respected globally ..

Essentially, she's the grandparent who sits in 'their' living room chair during family get-togethers and tells all the kids to piss off for no reason other than they can and will do whatever they like. calmdownnanna

Who the f$&k let her out?!

I can’t believe a TERF is terrible.

Please someone tell Ms Greer to go to Specsavers and check out Leonardo's amazing contributions to Art and Science.

She's had her 15 mins

Good lord, you're still alive? Well thank goodness for self serving bullshit publicity or I'd never have known.

What utter bollocks.

I do think the Mona Lisa is overrated but I still find a lot of value in the work of Leonardo. What I don’t get is why did just made me waste 5 min of my life with this junk? What is the takeaway here? That this woman is actually ugly? And Leonardo is “sloppy” Really?

Philistine

Somehow, I think that Leonardo's reputation might just survive this.

Pretty silly to be Germaine.

Greer who?

🤣

Da Vinci’s knack to make remote connections was certainly at the basis of Leonardo’s genius to form analogies between totally different systems. He associated the movement of water with the movement of human hair, designed weapons of war, the bicycle, to name a few. Imaginative!

I think the Vitruvian Man is too old for her taste

Germaine Greer is not an art critic, who would judge an art work in context to it’s time. Of course, she can judge it subjectively and it would be considered her own opinion. I guess that’s ok. The Mona Lisa is important in art history. The painting is also a national treasure.

She’s edgy

Not germane, Germaine

I just read about her. I won’t attack her. The number of self installed rage filters that stimuli must pass through to get her brain must make it unsettling to be her. I don’t have to be annoyed by her. In any moment of real honesty, I’m sure she’s annoyed by herself.

Greer has some points, but at the same time she is piling up a lot of unnecessary emotional ballast trying to knock off Leonardo from the pedestal. Leonardo is so much more than a painter & there is no need to diminish his statue. It looks like Greer is trying to elevate herself.

The “test of time” is for fools then?

The Mona Lisa isn't pretty? She came back to give us this critique? Sweet 👍

Amazing quote. Robots, tanks, flying machines, machine gun, diving suit - all in the 15th century. Dreadful lack of imagination!

And he thought the moon was made of water, idiot.

Da Vinci wasn't a painter. History suggests he didn't want to do this painting and that it may be unfinished.

Who is this stupid dum ass Leo Davinci that thinks Mary Magdalene was the wife of my Father Jesus? Little stuptid kid calling me crazy inspired from witch maria. They named his son as they thought they can hiptnotize JESUS ETERNAL SON. Nut My father Jesu came and sposke to me.

The prolific author must be only half alive to miss that mystique in that smile.

Who?

Personally, I thought The Vitruvian Man left nothing to the imagination.

mygoodness! while speaking...speak/spoke/spoken They're everywhere! esl elt tesol tefl english inglés books

Germaine WHO? 😂😒

Seeing this creation Leonardo give up his ownership on Monalisa.

I suppose Shakespeare was an average playwright too ?

I believe Leonardo is quite underwhelmed by greers recent work LOL

I’ve never seen Germaine Greer’s attempts at art. I really hope she’s decent. Pretty awkward otherwise...

Who is Germaine Greer?

Hi

Truly Greer is on her own here...🙈

Let's see which of the two, da Vinci or Greer, is remembered the longer.

Ok.

I once watched Germaine Greer wax lyrical about the amazing emotional artistic value of an unmade bed .

Um. No.

Ma n'y White Machines !!!

I bet that went down well.

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