Gabriel Chicancham P: 3 November 19‚ 2012 Biographical Information ■ Birth name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ■ Born: April 15‚ 1452 (Vinci‚ Republic of Florence present-day Italy) ■ Died May 2‚ 1519 (Age 67 Amboise‚ Kingdom of France) ■ Nationality: Italian ■ Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ scientist‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist
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the human anatomy and modern day flight. A few of his great works are the Mona Lisa‚ The Last Supper‚ and the Vitruvian man. The Mona Lisa was painted from 1503- 1506 but was thought to have been worked on until 1517. Today it is on display at The Louvre museum in Paris‚ France. The Mona Lisa’s humanistic design of which the era it was painted in shows in the foreground of the painting. The painting of the famous woman shows perfect detail of the human body. Right away you are drawn to look at her
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shopping was to come. In Paris we lived in the city center at a close friend of Paulina’s brother. His apartment was in a fantastic skyscraper‚ from which we could see the entire city. We were so impressed by the city. We visited the Eiffel Tower‚ Louvre and Note dam Cathedral. At night we went walking though
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Palais Royal The Palais Royal was originally called the Palais Cardinal when it was built. This was built to be the personal residence of the Cardinal Richelieu. He had it built at its location because he wished to be near the Louvre. Construction of the building began in 1633 and finished in 1639. It became the property of King Louis XIII in 1642 when Cardinal Richelieu died. At this time the name changed from Palais Cardinal to Palais Royal to signify the change. The following year
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wanted him to go to law school‚ so he attended Faculty of Law in the University of Paris. He didn’t do well in his studies. So he then attended an art school‚ School of Fine Arts. He used a lot of his free time at an art museum in Paris called “Louvre‚” Later‚ he went to Italy and stayed with his aunt Baron Bellelli to study about Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. While staying in with his aunt‚ he painted a famous family picture called The Bellelli Family. He wanted to be a famous artist‚ so
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controversial and well known event depiction like this he thought might help him garner a lot of public interest and start his career in a grand debut Original location of work: -it’s first appearance was in the Paris Salon in 1819 and now is in the Louvre in Paris Medium: -Oil on a canvas that is 16 feet by 24 feet Style/Technique: -figures are very heroic looking and look healthier than they really might’ve been -since this is a proto-Romanticism painting‚ it had a mixture of the real and unreal
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Banksy is the most exciting street artists to come out of the UK for more than a decade. He works by the cover of the night‚ lurking through the shadows to avoid detections. Banksy was born and bought up in Bristol and his artwork has appeared throughout London and other locations around the world. He’s still anonymous and wants to remain so‚ which is a positive factor‚ as he isn’t seeking fame; however he has become famous from being anonymous. This quite clearly indicates his artwork is actually
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C.Wright Mills theory of sociological imagination states that it is the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures. Another way of looking at this is the point of intersection between the individual’s biography and society’s history. It is when personal troubles transcends the invisible boundaries of the individual and evolves into a societal issue that concerns the public. In this case‚ individuals such as the Rouen Mayor Pierre Albertini
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Pablo Picasso once said‚ “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” This phrase was illogical to me. According to me‚ the purpose of art was simply decoration. Visiting the El Paso Museum of Art made me realize I was completely wrong. When I entered the building‚ the anxiety‚ stress‚ and pressure a college student carries‚ all disappeared‚ like a cloud driven by the wind. Exceptional collections such as the Hal Marcus/Lyric Modern‚ The Immaculate Conception‚ and the Renaissance/Baroque
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Man Leonardo da Vinci was a true epitome of the Renaissance man. He was a philosopher‚ musician‚ geologist‚ anatomist‚ inventor‚ scientist‚ architect‚ engineer‚ mathematician‚ botanist‚ writer‚ cartographer‚ sculptor and painter. He was born into the Renaissance age and was a genius of a man. Leonardo was a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He seemed to be interested in everything and was very detail oriented
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