Three of them are Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Albrecht Durer‚ and Jan Van Eyck. Leonardo Da Vinci was a scientist and an artist‚ Jan Van Eyck was a master of oil paintings‚ and Albert Durer was a master at perspective and fine detail. Leonardo was born on April 15‚ 1452 in Venice‚ Italy. When Leonardo was young he got little of formal education‚ but he got basic reading‚ math‚ and writing. At the age 15‚ he became an apprentice to a sculptor and painter to Andrea del Verrocchio. When Leonardo was 20‚ he got
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today‚ most artist and inventors are inspired by this man. Leonardo exemplified the resurgence‚ living‚ view‚ and producing art and technology that still characterizes that age of discovery. When people think of Leonardo da Vinci‚ usually the first thing that comes to mind is The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks. But in reality people would say he was one of the finest artistic and scientific men of the Italian Renaissance Age. “The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa" are among one of his finest works of
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During the Renaissance‚ Leonardo da Vinci became a legend. He is noted as one of the greatest artists of his time as well as one of the greatest artists that ever lived. Throughout his life he accomplished many things and did them with astounding ability. Today people refer to someone who appears to have excelled in countless things as a “Renaissance Man”. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the best examples of this classification. Through always searching for more knowledge‚ he became well versed
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with many other famous artists of the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci was known greatly at the time. Da Vinci was born in Anchiano‚ Tuscany on April 15‚ 1452. Now Italy. His father was Ser Piero Da Vinci‚ a Florentine notary; which was a layer. His mother was Caterina Da Vinci‚ a slave from the Middle East. Not a lot‚ is known about his childhood. Only that he was a pupil to the Florentine painter; Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio gave up painting because Da Vinci was so good. Da Vinci was a painter
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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11‚ 1974)[1] is an award winning American film actor. He gained worldwide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet‚ Catch Me If You Can‚ and Blood Diamond. He has appeared in Martin Scorsese’s recent films Gangs of New York‚ The Aviator‚ and The Departed‚ causing people to compare this relationship to that from which actor Robert De Niro benefited early in his career.[2] DiCaprio is
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Leonardo Fibonacci was born around 1170 A.D.‚ and died around 1250 A.D. He was born in Pisa‚ Italy and died there too. Leonardo’s mom was Alessandra‚ and she died when he was nine. His father was Guglielmo Bonacci‚ who directed a trading post Bugia‚ Barbary. As a young boy‚ Leonardo traveled there to help him‚ and that’s where he learned about the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. He recognized that arithmetic with Hindu-Arabic numerals is simpler and more efficient that with Roman numerals and so he
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Arts: With the genius and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci having captivated authors and scholars generations after his death‚ many examples of "da Vinci fiction" can be found in culture and literature. The most prominent example is Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code (2003)‚ which alleged that Leonardo da Vinci was a member of a secret society called the Priory of Sion. * Leonardo is well known for his artistry and paintings‚ such as Last Supper (Ultima Cena or Cenacolo‚ in Milan) 1498‚ and the
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continental Europe. At about the same time‚ and directly linked to this development‚ the earliest art was created. These initial creative achievements fall into one of two broad categories. Paintings and engravings found in caves along walls and ceilings are referred to as "parietal" art. The caves where paintings have been found are not likely to have served as shelter‚ but rather were visited for ceremonial purposes. The second category‚ "mobiliary" art‚ includes small portable sculpted objects which
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Cézanne Oil on canvas (31.5 x 25.25 in) Located in Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallery 822‚ New York The artwork‚ which is vertical in its organization‚ it is a sight spot in somewhat suburban at dusk. An old and small house is in the center of painting‚ surrounded by several little trees. It is built on some big rocks. Artist paint from one side of the house from a low angle‚ so we cannot see what is its front look. The house is painted in light khaki with dark orange eaves‚ just as the title
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Dated between 28‚000 and 10‚000 BCE‚ the beautiful paintings on cave walls found near Lascaux‚ France represent the earliest surviving examples of the artistic expression of early people. Using the natural rock contours that suggest the volume of the animals‚ these ’primitive’ people of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) painted evocative and startlingly accurate representations of the animals that were such an important part of their lives. Cows‚ bulls‚ horses‚ bison‚ and deer are among the animals
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