studying works of ancient scholars; it influenced sculpture‚ architecture and painting. In Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa‚ the mysterious smile reflects the newly emerging Renaissance values of Humanism and The Renaissance man. (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 11th ed.‚ s.v. “Renaissance.”) (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 11th ed.‚ s.v. “Leonardo da Vinci.”) (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 11th ed.‚ s.v. “Mona Lisa”) Humanism was a new philosophical outlook that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their
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spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome‚ Bologna and Venice‚ and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded him by Francis I. Leonardo was and is renowned[2] primarily as a painter. Among his works‚ the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait[4] and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time‚ with their fame approached only by Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam.[1] Leonardo’s drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded
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In the sixteenth century‚ the high renaissance is a period that focused on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. The high renaissance was known for a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states‚ particularly Rome‚ capital of the Papal States‚ under Pope Julius ll. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in Vinci‚ Italy. Leonardo was an Italian polymath who was well known as an artist who painted over 280 paintings. He was also known as a natural genius crossing
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Modernism in art is rejecting the past and it’s a “relentless quest for radical freedom of expression” (says my copy of “The Annotated Mona Lisa”). In western culture‚ before the scientific revolution or the Age of Enlightenment‚ most subjects/ themes of paintings were the daily lives of upper/middle class people‚ the nobility‚ Christianity‚ and landscapes. Also the paintings then stressed
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artist and began taking commissions from wealthy clients. His best-known works are two of the most famous paintings of all time‚ the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. His scientific inquiries fill 13‚000 pages‚ ranging from anatomy to war machines. Important Works ■ Leonardo’s most well-known painting‚ arguably the most famous painting in the world‚ the Mona Lisa‚ was a privately commissioned work and was completed sometime between 1505 and 1507. ■ He began working on it in 1495‚ and finished Last
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four different painting and they are the Mona Lisa‚ The Last Supper‚ Vitruvian Man‚ Lady with an Ermine and his Self-portrait. Leonardo da Vinci still considered one the greatest and his is one of the most influential artists in history. He is famous for the Mona Lisa this painting is the most famous because of its mystery. We are uncertain if the painting is portrait of the wife of Florentine citizen Francesco Del Giocondo‚ as everyone had believed. Mona Lisa’s has an enigmatic smile and it remains
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of Mary. Mona Lisa Smile 1. What is art according to the discussion in the movie? Art have standards‚ techniques‚ compositions‚ colors and subjects. Art isn’t art unless someone tells it is. But art will be art as long as you consider it by yourself as an art. We need to look beyond and open our minds to new ideas because in there‚ we can appreciate what do really art means. 2. What are the similarities of Ms. Katherine Watson and Mona Lisa? According to my research‚ Mona Lisa is a half-length
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paintings. First compare the picture of the Madonna with the Renaissance painting of the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci showed a woman as she really looked. He used shading‚ natural folds in clothing and human expression to paint a person. This is very different from Buoninsegna’s painting. He painted a statue. The face has few features‚ and is 2 dimensional. The child looks like a little man‚ and he uses religious symbols to portray emotion. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa demonstrates
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Martin Kemp. The author considers Leonardo and the process he takes of dissecting an older gentleman and the artwork of the female anatomy. The author then takes that information and connects it to another work the artist created. The artwork of the Mona Lisa that is known worldwide Kemp describes piece by piece the connection between the two parts. Upon completing the reading the reader is persuaded by the author that these pieces of artwork can indeed by connected. Kemp first remarks that Leonardo’s
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the film as it is a well known painting of his that still holds lots of mysterys. It would fit best in the film where they were discussing da Vinci and his works. They mentioned The Last Supper but they didn’t talk about significance of the painting or why he did it. I think it would improve the film because the audience would better understand the da Vinci’s intentions in his paintings. There are few people who have not heard of the Mona Lisa‚ so discussing this
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