Comments on: Italian protestors: Don’t loan Da Vinci Painting to Japan!

By: James

James — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:08:33 +0000

It wasn’t damaged:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html?id=4373b981-1f2d-468d-acd0-f51317778a1e&k=4259

By: madne0

madne0 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:07:05 +0000

“Why are they getting worked up on something that really isn’t that crucial?”

If it somehow gets damaged or even (god forbid) destroyed during the transportation you’ll see that it’s quite crucial.

By: kenji

kenji — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:14:23 +0000

Why are they getting worked up on something that really isn’t that crucial? It’s gonna be in Tokyo for a couple of months and after that returned to its place in Italy. I mean…really who cares??? Commerical event? what isnt a commercial event these days?

By: Koroke

Koroke — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:04:40 +0000

“a series of events promoting Italian culture and products”

oh please, there is enough brands name product in every corner around the world. If you have the money to spend, then it is fine, you can enjoy it. But you can take it with you when you die. It’s absurd to do this just to promote “products” . but also culture too. Please keep, culture and product promotion separated . I really despise people that into brand name goods, you can’t eat it.

The art people should not push the art among museum visitors, if someone is interested in Da Vince, they will do some research and seek to view the real art themselves. They just takes out the inquisitive out of people. There is probably enough art in the museum to let people wonders about Europe and Americans. I swear Japan is being sucks into much western influences too much.

“I beg you peace.”

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:06:15 +0000

I didn’t know Leonardo had written an opera. What’s next – the Leonardo computer programming language? Seems to have done everything, this guy…. [On re-reading, I suspect "opera" means something different in Italian than it does in English - is this the case?]

I wouldn’t have thought The Annunciation was the main draw at the Uffizi. Wouldn’t something like the Birth of Venus be more famous? It’s certainly not one of Leo’s better paintings, and I suspect it’s famous for who painted it rather than how good it is.

I also don’t think Japanese tourists need any new reasons to visit Italy. They already do so in droves, and one painting more or less is not going to make any difference, not when the Uffizi has a ton more to show, and Florence itself is one of the prime destinations of tourists.

By: Luca

Luca — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:03:36 +0000

It was already appened in the past Leonardo’s operas going out from Florence overseas.And everything was ok.

The senator of berlusconi’s party is silly and he is using political issue ’cause
hanger in relation of Leonardo opera, and whole Italy nation arise success it could be soon in back.

Berlusconi still should explain why 2 year ago didn’t met the emperor of japan, missing the visited booked, only 2 day notice before meeting.Japan court is still hanger about that, really faoult polite way.

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By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:52:15 +0000

The majority of injuries to museum-owned works of art happen when they’re being transported. As part of this move the artwork will be in a special crate with humitidy and motion monitors, etc, but ALL OF THOSE will have to be turned off during the actual flight, leaving the work essentially sitting in cargo in a box just like your luggage.

It’s a wonderful thing to be able to look at a great work of art, but this is strictly a promotional, tourist-generating move on Italy’s part. It is too great a risk for something irreplaceable.

By: James

James — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:49:48 +0000

The city will only lose its main attraction for a few months, after which it will return, no doubt with greater name recognition in Japan. It might not be unreasonable to predict that a greater number of Japanese tourists would visit that city and its museum in the future. As you’ve pointed out, much of their own concerns are commercial, but I think such a loan might help their city in the long run when it comes to tourist money…

By: Isikari

Isikari — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:40:38 +0000

I have to disagree with your opinion that not wanting to lose the main attraction to their museum is weak. Tourism is an important sector of many countries economies both nation-wide and locally for individual towns and cities.

However, the commercial event excuse and exposing it to needless danger is indeed baseless, if the only valid argument they have is tourism that means they use it for commercialism themselves. And it seems the packaging is a few grades above your average Ebay cardboard-box and packing peanuts scenario.