Mona Lisa Smile Script
All her life she had wanted
to teach at Wellesley College.
So when a position opened
in the Art History department...
... she pursued it single-mindedly
until she was hired.
It was whispered
that Katherine Watson...
... a first-year teacher
from Oakland State...
... made up in brains
what she lacked in pedigree.
Which was why this bohemian
from California...
... was on her way to the most
conservative college in the nation.
- Excuse me, please.
- Oh, sorry.
Excuse me.
Excuse me. The bus?
- Keep walking, maam.
- Thank you.
But Katherine Watson didnt come
to Wellesley to fit in.
She came to Wellesley because
she wanted to make a difference.
- Violet.
- My favorite Italian professor.
- Nice summer?
- Terrific, thanks.
- Whos that over there?
- Where?
Oh, Katherine Watson. New teacher.
Art History. Im dying to meet her.
Who knocks at the Door of Learning?
- I am every woman.
- What do you seek?
To awaken my spirit
through hard work...
...and dedicate my life
to knowledge.
Then you are welcome.
All women who seek to follow you
can enter here.
I now declare
the academic year begun.
A shame you didnt come yesterday.
Its so quiet before the girls arrive.
Just a few rules.
No holes in the walls.
No pets, no loud noises, no radio
or hi-fi after on weekdays...
... on weekends...
...no hot plates and no male visitors.
Anything wrong?
I dont think I can go a year
without a hot plate.
Dont you just love chintz?
And look.
They match.
Sweet, right? Your rooms here.
My room is just across the way...
...and Amanda Armstrongs
down the other end.
- You grew up here?
- My whole life.
Youll meet my parents
when they come to visit.
- They visit?
- Regularly.
- What do you teach?
- Speech, elocution and poise.
Dinners are communal,
so Ill handle that.
But breakfast and lunch,
youre on your own. So...
...we each get our own shelf.
Ill make your label this evening.
I dont need to tell you, everything on
our individual shelves is sacrosanct.
I just knew when we met...
...wed be instant friends.
Be careful. They can smell fear.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Thank you.
This is History of Art .
Well be following
Dr. Stauntons syllabus.
- Any questions so far?
- Your name?
- Why dont you go first?
- Connie Baker.
- Katherine Watson. Nice to meet you.
- Dr. Watson, I presume.
- Not yet. And you are?
- Giselle Levy.
Giselle. If someone could get the...
- Susan Delacorte.
- Thank you, Susan Delacorte.
From the beginning, man has always
had the impulse to create art.
- Can anyone tell me what this is?
- Wounded Bison, Altamira, Spain...
...about B.C.
Joan Brandwyn.
Very good, Joan.
Despite the age of these, they are
technically sophisticated because...
The shading and the thickness of the
lines moving over the bisons hump.
- Is that right?
- Yes, thats exactly right.
Next slide.
This is probably less familiar.
It was discovered by archeologists...
In Lascaux, France.
Dates back to B.C.
Singled out because of flowing lines
depicting the movement of the animal.
- Impressive. Name?
- Herd of Horses.
- I meant yours.
- We call her Flicka.
Elizabeth Warren.
They call me Betty.
Very good.
Betty is also correct.
Just because something is ancient
doesnt mean that it is primitive.
For example. Next slide, please.
Mycerinus and His Queen. B.C.
Its a funerary statue
of the pharaoh and queen...
...originally intended to preserve
the pharaohs ka. Soul.
Have any of you taken
Art History before?
No.
Lets go on. Slide.
Seated Scribe. Egypt. B.C.
Peasant Couple Plowing.
Sixteenth century B.C. Egypt.
Snake Goddess.
Minoan. B.C.
Fresco. Minoan. B.C.
Funeral Mask. Mycenaean. .
Could someone please get...?
Thank you.
By a show of hands only...
...how many of you have read
the entire text?
- And the suggested supplements.
- Long way from Oakland State?
Well, you girls do prepare.
If youve nothing else for us,
we could go to independent study.
Ac...
I was in California once. How do you
get work done with all that sunshine?
- We tan in class.
- Really?
No.
You know, not everybody
wanted you.
Im not naming any names.
These jobs usually go quickly.
Ex-students, friends of, you know...
...the right people.
The person they wanted took a job at
Brown, and no one else was available.
So here you are.
You can go in now. Good luck.
Your first class left a lot
to be desired, Miss Watson.
And Im curious about the subject
of your dissertation.
You suggest, "Picasso will do
for the th century...
...what Michelangelo did
for the Renaissance," unquote.
In terms of influencing movements.
So these canvases that
theyre turning out these days...
...with paint dripped
and splotched on them...
...theyre as worthy of our attention
as Michelangelos Sistine Chapel?
Im not comparing them.
Have you ever seen
the Sistine Chapel, Miss Watson?
Actually stood there?
Ive never been to Europe.
I can assure all of you this is the place
I want to be more than anything.
Better discipline next class,
Miss Watson.
- Hello.
- Its me.
- Hey!
- Collect from Katherine Watson.
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