Leonardo Da Vinci's Annunciation Art

LEONARDO DA VINCI, ANNUNCIATION, C. 1472 After looking at Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation art, what comes into my mind is that the lady in the art must be of higher authority. This is clear because of the way she is been greeted by the mighty Angel with detailed wings. It is further complemented by the Angele’s way of greeting where he is kneeling before her. On the other hand, the lady in the art seems to be responding to the greeting with his left arm raised slightly. One aspect of the piece of art that seems to interest me is how the details of the lady are brought out. Her body is well outlined by the house’s foundations and her upper body highlighted by dark color of the wall. The different contrast of the two different sides of the art namely the Angele’s side and the lady’s side, also seem to give dominance to the lady. Whereby, her side is brighter than the Angel’s side. Unlike the Angel’s facials kneeling before her, the lady’s
Most of his inspirations in this form of art began in 1466 when he was at the age of fourteen and a student of a well-known and successful artist by the name Andrea di Cione commonly not as Verrocchio. Here, Leonardo was able to get his education on humanities where he came to understand religion better and the relation of God and man (Atalay, 2011). He spent most of his time in Verrocchio’s workshop practicing and learning from other artists about art. One of his major contributions that relates with his art piece Annunciation came by as he assisted his boss Andrea in painting his Baptism of Christ art. Here, Leonardo developed interest in religious stories and started expressing them in form of paintings. This is similar to the Annunciation art work where it depicts the time where Angel Gabriel went to deliver a message to Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus the son of