Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
1992 film by Joan C. Gratz
- 1992 (1992)
Running time
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase is a 1992 American animated short by Joan C. Gratz.
Summary
Consisting of 2-D claymation, it features famous paintings morphing into each other.[3][4]
List of artists featured
The works of several artists are featured in the transition:[5][6][7]
- Vincent van Gogh
- Chuck Close
- Pablo Picasso
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Andy Warhol
- Paul Gauguin
- René Magritte
- Philip Guston
- Edvard Munch
- Henri Matisse
- André Derain
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Modigliani
- Francis Bacon (artist)
- Georg Grosz
- Lucian Freud
- Frida Kahlo
- Robert Rauschenberg
- James Rosenquist
- Tom Wesselmann
- Mark Rothko
- Max Ernst
Accolades
It won the 1992 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.[8][9]
Reception
New York Magazine's Vulture named the film ninth best of all 87 Oscar winning animated short films.[10]
Availability
It was released on DVD by Hen's Tooth in 2004 alongside her other works.[11]
It is also available for streaming.[12]
References
- ^ MUBI
- ^ Frierson, Michael (1994). Clay Animation. New York: Twayne Publishers. p. 27.
- ^ 1993 Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
- ^ Pyramid Media
- ^ Pop Matters
- ^ DVD Talk
- ^ Mona Lisa descending a staircase (VHS tape, 1992) - WorldCat.org
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1993 Oscars
- ^ 1993|Oscars.org
- ^ Every Oscar Winner for Animated Short Subject, Ranked - Vulture
- ^ Mona Lisa descending a staircase (DVD video, 2004) - WorldCat.org
- ^ Amazon.com
External links
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase at IMDb
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase on YouTube
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase on BCDB[dead link]
- v
- t
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- Lisa del Giocondo (subject)
- Isleworth Mona Lisa (16th century)
- Mona Lisa (Prado, c. 1503–1516)
- Hermitage Mona Lisa (c. 1550)
- L.H.O.O.Q. (1919)
- Mini Lisa (2013)
- Replicas and reinterpretations
- Speculations
- Male Mona Lisa theories
- Two–Mona Lisa theory
- Timeline of fictional stories about the Mona Lisa
- La Joconde nue
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
- Arsène Lupin (1932)
- The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
- City of Death (1979)
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)
- Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
- Mona Lisa (1915 opera)
- "Mona Lisa" (1950 song)
- "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" (1984 song)
- "Lisa Mona Lisa" (1988 song)
- "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" (2011 song)
- "The Mona Lisa" (2013 song)
- In Search of Mona Lisa (2019 EP)
- The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975)
- I, Mona Lisa (2006)
- The Smile (2008)
