Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

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6.9/10

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Adult Animation Stop Motion Animation Animation Short

Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.

Director
- Joan C. Gratz
Star
- Jean G. Poulot

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

898

YOUR RATING

Director
- Joan C. Gratz
Star
- Jean G. Poulot

See production info at IMDbPro

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- 5 wins total

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Trivia
The title take its origin from the painting «Nude descending a Staircase» by Marcel Duchamp.

Connections
Features The New Price Is Right (1972)

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Featured review

10/10

Very Interesting Combination of Art History and Animation

My wife (an art major) and I saw this on PBS' series "The Territory", April 2006. As a hobbyist animator, I was very impressed by the "clay painting" technique (not really claymation, more 2D), and we both had fun trying to name the (many, many) iconic art works. Everything from Munch's "Scream" to Warhol's Marilyn.

The technique involved more or less continuous "morphing" from one work to another, but artistically done rather than much of the mindless photographic morphing. It gives the impression of a "chain of thought" type dream tour through a really good modern art museum.

Great stuff.