As the Louvre
prepares its blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in honor of the 500th
anniversary of his death, there has been no shortage of news related to the
Renaissance master. First came the announcement that all visitors would need to
acquire reservations to see the show, and more recently it was reported that
Salvator Mundi (ca. 1500)—the work attributed to Leonardo that sold for a
record-breaking $450 million in November 2017—may be pulled from the show due
to concerns over the accuracy of its attribution. The tone of today’s news is
quite different, as the Louvre announced it will be debuting a its first-ever
virtual reality work in tandem with the exhibition.
The VR work will be
titled Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass and is being produced by the exhibition’s
curators in collaboration with HTC VIVE Arts. It will allow users to get
up-close to the work, which is heavily protected and perpetually mobbed by
museumgoers. The VR experience is intended to shed new light on Leonardo’s
techniques as well as on the identity of the sitter. The VR work will also be
accessible as a home version for those with digital subscriptions.
Dominique de
Font-Réaulx, director of mediation and cultural programming at the Louvre, said
in a statement:
The public will be
able to discover an immersive experience of an extraordinary masterpiece. This
collaboration will allow visitors to meet and learn more about the Mona Lisa
herself, beyond the myths and legends that have accompanied her for more than
500 years.
A great deal of news
has surfaced as a result of research conducted around the quincentenary of
Leonardo’s death, including a discovery of the second-known portrait of the
artist; that he most likely sketched the “Nude Mona Lisa”; that he was
ambidextrous; and that he may have suffered from an affliction known as
“claw-hand” later in life.
The Louvre’s hotly
anticipated Leonardo exhibition opens on October 24, 2019, and runs through
February 24, 2020.
Wallace Ludel
https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-louvres-new-virtual-reality-experience-will-users-explore-leonardos-mona-lisa
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