their origins‚ and necessary to the development of culture today. In what we ’re now referring to as "Cap A"‚ we have discovered two very well known pieces of Art. One‚ now referred to as the world’s most famous smile‚ is the Mona Lisa. Leonardo Da Vinci created this masterpiece in 1503 using a style known as sfumato and perspective. Sfumato is a way of painting where contours are blurry and‚ it gives a special liveliness to the portrait and the foggy feeling in the landscape. Renaissance
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two paintings of the same theme from XVI Century Renaissance of Italy both titled The Last Supper‚ one by Leonardo da Vinci and the other by Tintoretto. The paintings were created one hundred years apart and as such had noticeable differences in technique and style. Of these differences‚ the use of light and its effects on the works’ meaning is the theme of this paper. Finished in 1498‚ Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper shows a full frontal view of the biblical story of Christ’s last meal in a room
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* NAME : ABDUL RAHMAN BIN MOHAMED * GROUP : 12M13 * TOPIC : READING 1 – FRIDA KAHLO : TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS QUESTION 1: How do you think painting help Frida Kahlo with her problem? ANSWER: From my view of humanisation‚ painting helps Frida Kahlo so much. It is because only from painting will make her continues her hope about her life after turning point of her life made her really uncapable to do anything else such as to be one of the successful doctor only
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LECTURE NO 2 1=RENAISSANCE The word "Renaissance" derived from the term "la rinascita"‚which means rebirth‚ first appeared in Giorgio Vasari’s Vite de’ più eccellenti architetti‚ pittori‚ et scultori Italiani (The Lives of the Artists‚ 1550–68) Historians often divide the Renaissance in Italy into three phases.[3] Whereas art historians might talk of an "Early Renaissance" period‚ in which they include developments in 14th century painting and sculpture‚ this is usually not the case in architectural
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of the Humanities by Lawrence Cunningham and John Reich‚ we will see that painting in this period reached its peak of technical competence‚ rich artistic imagination and heroic composition via the works of the greatest artists ever known: Rapheal‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ and Michelangelo. First‚ the “School of Athens” by Rapheal was acknowledged as the perfect embodiment of the Classical spirit of the High Renaissance. It represents all characteristics that can describe the Renaissance ideal: “a high
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paintings of the Last Supper‚ but there are two particular portraits that particularly stand out because of the different controversy behind the painting. Paintings are based on what the artist believed in. Leonardo da Vinci was an artist who created a mural painting of the popular Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci is famous for various paintings such as the Mona Lisa‚ St. John the Baptist‚ and the Last Supper. The Last Supper is a fresco by da Vinci that tells a story right out of the Bible. Da Vinci took
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Art Forgery: The Changing Ways of Spotting a Fake March 18‚ 2012 by thevibeeditor 1 Comment By Cressida Smart Tom Keating‚ infamous art forger (Sourced from http://worldartresources.com/) Brought to life in films such as How to Steal a Million and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)‚ art forgery has been around since the beginning of time. The ancient Romans crafted thousands of copies of Greek sculptures‚ ancient China is noted for its wide variety of forgeries and modern art has seen more than its
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incredible artists of Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Michelangelo;; then you have the remarkable scientists Galileo and Nicholas Copernicus who were both also astronomers of their time. This was also a great era of English Literature which Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare had a big part in. These great people with incredible minds created an era of beautiful art‚ invention‚ and new philosophy. Leonardo Da Vinci was most known
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about 1600‚ marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance‚ celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci‚ he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.He died at the age of 37. In 1508 Raphael‚ a native of Urbino‚ had been recommended to Julius II by Donato Bramante‚ the pope’s architect‚ and also a native of Urbino. After
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century is thus designated the “Early Renaissance” and the 16th century the “High Renaissance”. Although there is no single style that defines the period‚ there is a distinct level of technical and artistic mastery that does. This is the age of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Raphael‚ Michelangelo‚ and Titian‚ artists whose works exhibit such authority‚ that later generations of artists relied on these works for instruction. These exemplary artistic creations further elevated the prestige of artists. Artists
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