Comments on: manga review of da Vinci's "Annunciation"

manga review of da Vinci's "Annunciation"

gen — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:20:53 -0800

Painter and comic artist Jun-Pierre Shiozawa visited the Tokyo National Museum recently to view da Vinci's Annunciata which created protests in Italy when the Uffizi Gallery lent this artwork to Japan. Shiozawa then created a fantastic "manga review" of the experience for Tokyo Art Beat's TABlog. You can see the steps Shiozawa made to create his manga review on Shiozawa's Flickr account or blog.

By: Memo

Memo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:49:56 -0800

I started reading it backwards because the post said 'manga', and then I realized that the text made no sense. :S

By: keep_evolving

keep_evolving — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:52:02 -0800

In the manga, Shiozawa mentions Leonardo's never realized 7 meter high bronze equestian sculpture. Interestingly, you can go see a modern recreation of this sculpture in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the Fred Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. It's pretty impressive.

By: annathea

annathea — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:08:56 -0800

Jun-Pierre and I both attended the Aegean Center (tho a few years apart) and before I recognized his name I was immediately drawn back to my memory of seeing The Annunciation in the Uffizi with the school two years ago. It was an intensely overwhelming experience. Call it spiritual or what you will, but I was left breathless and swooning. "The building looks like a hyperreal photograph!" I couldn't get over it. I had seen two other Da Vinci paintings in person before, and a few studies, but nothing has ever matched how I felt seeing this painting up close. I spent ages just studying each leaf of all the plants in the foreground. It's an incredible work.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:06:52 -0800

Wow, great post. It plows through so many great resources in just a few sentences. The manga review is a neat view into the museum experience.

By: spec80

spec80 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:09:51 -0800

I saw the da Vinci exhibit in Tokyo a few weeks ago. The significance of Annunciata didn't really hit me, but the overall exhibit was amazing.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:15:07 -0800

Thanks, gen.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:16:04 -0800

Um, make that thanks gen for a well written post to interesting sites.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:03:35 -0800

the comic was really excellent. thanks.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:45:05 -0800

This comic is nice, too. Thanks, gen; cool post.