Biography of a Mathematician Introduction Leonardo da Vinci was a great mathematician whose contributions to the discipline were immense‚ especially in the field of geometry. Besides being a mathematician‚ Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned painter‚ inventor‚ architect‚ and a student of scientific concepts (Cremante‚ Leonardo & Pedretti‚ 2005). Since Leonardo’s natural genius encompassed several disciplines‚ he personified the term “Renaissance man.” At present‚ Leonardo is best acknowledged for his art masterpieces
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Tintoretto at the Madonna dell’Orto The Madonna dell’Orto in Carnnaregio is full of the activities of Tintoretto. It is originally dedicated to St. Christropher‚ and was run by the Secular Canons of San Giorgio in Alga‚ a monastic community. With a close relationship with the Canons‚ Tintoretto decorated this church with multiple paintings‚ including the Last Judgement‚ and the Worship of the Golden Calf‚ finished in 1566‚ and the Miracle of St. Agnes altarpiece in the mid-1560s‚ which all will be
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt‚ and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci. There is an art in writing poetry‚ for you must embed meaning within it while not just blatantly writing the message. In poetry there are many different ways of doing this‚ so it is up to the poet’s stylistic choice how to deliver these messages. Seamus Heaney‚ in translating the poem Beowulf from it’s original dialect is able to use stylistic choice to bring out different
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Leonardo Da Vinci is by far the best artist between Michelangelo‚ Buonarroti‚ Raphael‚ and Donatello. Leonardo is best known for his incredible art and scientific discoveries‚ he paints in ways that express himself and also dramatic ways which adds the realism to his paintings and is a great master at art . Leonardo is the best one out of the three others to meet because he has more intriguing art pieces including Mona lisa‚ and other art pieces that he has done .Leonardo’s art was based off of
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Leonardo Da Vinci is a great inspiration who grew up in a village near Florence‚ Italy. When Leo was thirty he started working for the Duke of Milan‚ Ludovico Sforza. This is where Leo had began his real works of art. All of these little projects led to him creating his most wonderful masterpieces; Madonna of the Rocks‚ the Last Supper‚ the Mona Lisa‚ and many more. These wonderful pieces of artwork have become very influential to a great number of young artists. Though it is not just the beauty
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He is of course known for his art such as the Mona Lisa‚ and The Last Supper‚ but perhaps his most important works involve the human anatomy. Da Vinci’s studies of the human body led to many advances in medicine and how the body worked and what it looked‚ like from the inside. He also made many advances and plant and animal
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Greek Vase Painting‚ Archaic and Classical Periods A Comparison of Back and Red-Figure Painting Rich Grudzinski Art History One Black-figure and red-figure painting techniques were the most popular methods of painting vases and other vessels during this period. A third method‚ the white-ground technique was too delicate for everyday use and was mainly used for making lekythoi (a type of pottery used for storing oil‚ commonly placed in Greek graves as offerings to the deceased). Therefore
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April‚ 1452‚ near the town of Vinci‚ not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio‚ a leading Renaissance master. Leonardo acquired a variety of skills while he remained at the workshop until 1476. He left Florence for Milan in about 1482 to work for Duke Lodovico
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------------------------------------------------- Kazuo Ishiguro: A Family Supper Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story‚ “A Family Supper” is a moving and mysterious story about a son’s visit to his homeland to visit his father and sister. When we are introduced to the father‚ he is at home with his son drinking tea. It has been two years since the death of his wife. For at least some of that time‚ the father has been living alone in a large‚ and mostly empty house. The father is intimidating. Physically
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A Family Supper The Japanese fighter pilots in WWII committed suicide attacks on allied forces aka kamikaze; it was considered an honorable service to the Empire of Japan. Death instead of defeat and shame is the primary tradition in the Japanese samurai culture. They lived with the bushido code: “Loyalty and Honor before death”. The short story in discussion is “A Family Supper” written by Kazuo Ishigoru. This story tells us about an evening when the son-the protagonist and the narrator of this
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