Originally posted on sciy.org by Ned on Sun 29 Mar 2009 06:30 PM PDT
103 famous faces in one painting
Josef Stalin and Leonardo da Vinci are deep in conversation, Vladimir Putin rests his legs next to a sprawled Mike Tyson, while Margaret Thatcher -- clutching her handbag -- looks on with disdain.
by Matthew Moore
This extraordinary painting depicting 103 figures from world history in striking detail has become the latest internet hit. Click to here to view the whole painting (2600 pixels wide)
Original article in the Telegraph.
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I found this painting, titled Discussing The Divine Comedy with Dante, so gorgeous that I had to share it. But where are the women? I only found Margaret Thatcher, Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth, and, inexplicably, Marylin Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.
Where is Golda Meir? Barbara McClintock? Lise Meitner? Rosalind Franklin? The Bronte sisters? Hypatia of Alexandria? Ayn Rand? Madame Emilie du Chatelet? Queen Hatsheput? Indira Gandhi? Catherine the Great? Corazon Aquino? Simone de Beauvoir? Mary Wollstonecraft? Cleopatra? Joan of Arc? Rosa Bonheur?
Surely many of these women -- among them scientists, mathematicians, artists, politicians, military leaders and saints -- were far more important to human history than many of the men in this painting. It's criminal to overlook them. They would certainly be far more interested in discussing The Divine Comedy with Dante than Hepburn or Monroe. 😉
That said, not to detract from the beauty of this painting ... it's stunning.
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