GRAFFITI OR VANDALISM?

Even a small line can transform a gorgeous and beautiful painting into a expression of vandalism.

What would happen if Leonardo Da Vinci had painted a moustache on Mona Lisa?

It’s clear that most people’s answer would be, “the painting is not the same with that line”.

One day of spring of 1503, the famous artist Leonardo Da Vinci woke up in his house in Florence. Close to his bed was the first draft of La Gioconda. It looked incredibly amazing, even though unfinished.

But that day wasn’t like the others. Outside on the street, there were three young fellows laughing, with brushes in their hands.

They were painting things that Leonardo barely could see on the blacksmith shop wall.  The three guys were signing their name on a painting similar to the Mona Lisa, trying to make fun of the brand new painting of their neighbor, Da Vinci.

Suddenly, Leonardo’s voice was heard in the narrow street. – Come over here, and I’ll give you an empty canvas where you’ll be able to paint without “destroying” a public place.

For centuries artistic expressions appeared all over the world, “hoping" not to cross the fine line between art and vandalism.  Letting us know more about our undiscovered past, that will continue fascinating the humanity. Forever.