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In ciuda faptului ca Leonardo da Vinci a devenit celebru prin lucrarile sale de arta, felul in care arata chipul sau a ramas un mister. Intotdeauna au fost lansate speculatii (dar niciodata nu au fost dovedite) despre felul cum arata chipul lui da Vinci – si aceasta datorita numeroaselor portrete si schite realizate atat de el cat si de alti artisti.

Oricum, Siegfried Woldhek, portretist care a realizat aproximativ 1100 de lucrari, crede ca ar fi descoperit adevaratul chip al lui Da Vinci. Folosind experienta artistica si cea de a analiza imagini, Woldhek crede ca toate portretele realizate de Leonardo sunt defapt autoportrete.

Aici veti gasi conferinta la care Woldhek explica cum a ajuns la aceasta concluzie (TED Talks Conference)

Ceea ce ma pune pe mine pe ganduri este varsta pe care Woldhek o atribuie artistului. Intre 1490 – 1513 Leonardo ar fi trebuit sa aiba 61 de ani si nu 63. Oricum Woldhek are argumente solide pentru a-si sustine concluziile si incheie prin a ne spune ca defapt portretul omului batran cu barba nu ar fi Leonardo. Insa ori de cate ori aud de Leonardo da Vinci imi vine in minte acel potret.

Un alt tango care imi place:

Top 10 Ways YouTube Has Ruined Life for Good – Top 10 Motive pentru care You Tube ne-a stricat viata

Sub acest titlu InternetEvolution.com prezinta 10 motive/cauze care l-au facut pe Terry Sweeney sa ajunga la concluzia ca YouTube nu este tocmai ok mai ales la locul de munca, contribuind la degradare calitatii vietii, a ceea ce inseamna entertainment, film, teatru, cultura, etc.

So many different targets get blamed for degrading the quality of life – oil companies, Al Qaeda, gay marriage proponents. This all misses the boat. Of all the influences at work in the world today, YouTube is the most pernicious, loathsome, disturbing…

Alright, maybe even YouTube has a long way to go to catch up to the oil companies. Still, we believe the online video site has come to infiltrate and cheapen so many aspects of daily life that we had to sit down and codify it with a list of how YouTube has indeed ruined things for good.

Here’s our Top 10:

10. Forget Hi-Def, Try ‘Focus’
Poor quality videos at 320×240 resolution. YouTube keeps telling us that improvements are on the way, but they can’t come soon enough.

9. The Sincerest Form of Flattery
The proliferation of YouTube imitators can make your head spin and waste yet more time cross-checking different sites’ video inventory.

8. From Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz to Kristy McNichol
YouTube’s resurrected too many sitcoms and TV ads that should have been left for dead

7. Ladies and Gentleman: Chris Crocker
YouTube’s given a gigantic stage and needless encouragement to whiners, hacks, and other talentless exhibitionists.

6. Copyright or Copywrong?
YouTube is on its way to re-defining the laws of copyright, not to mention re-calculating the royalties equation for artists around the world.

5. Palme D’Or Stuff, Dude
Anyone with a phone-, Web- or digital-cam is suddenly an auteur.

4. Help Us, PETA
Piano-playing cats, singing dogs, cockatiels busting a move…

3. Spray Paint This
YouTube encourages petty criminals to document their malfeasance, under the guise of “art.”

2. Don’t Be Hatin’
The site hosts clips that incite hatred, and by some critics’ measure, aid and abet racism, anti-semitism, misogyny, and homphobia.

1. I Want YOU… to Be a Terrorist
Terrorists groups now use online video to recruit and boast about their nefarious ways.

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