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Until the second half of the second twentieth century “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” was titled as “The girl with a Turban”. This painting is also referred by many as the Mona Lisa of the North or the Dutch Mona Lisa. It is believed that the girl in this painting is Vermeer’s oldest daughter. Although there is no proof which suggests it is his daughter in this painting‚ her facial features appeared in several Vermeer’s artworks. However‚ his use of various techniques makes it hard to compare their
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art‚ intrinsic value of art and skill of the artists hand are the most valuable. There are many artworks denoting religious value‚ Michelangelo’s “The creation of Adam”‚ and Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last supper” for example. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is an excellent example of the value of skill and Barnett Newman’s “vir heroicus sublimis” would be a good example of the value of intrinsic art‚ thus being the emotions conveyed the minute you set your eyes on the paintings rather than the other
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30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci by Marina Wallace is a well written‚ informing book. One main idea from the book is that Leonardo’s “most celebrated”‚ page 111‚ work is the “Mona Lisa”. On page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is the “...most celebrated‚ most imitated” of his works‚ also on page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is a “… iconic example of Leonardo’s genius. A second main idea from the story is that Leonardo was very ahead of his time in reference to warfare. On page 102 it
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Leonardo never finished his work in a short period time he always took a few years or more to complete them in means for his most famous pieces. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous pieces of his collection. Mona Lisa is the best known‚ most visited‚ most written about‚ the most sung about and the most replicated art painting in the world. Mona was a painting of another man’s wife that had been asked to be painted. Leonardo never returned the painting back to the couple even though he was paid
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men of them all. Leonardo like most young artists started off as a student to Verrocchio and this is where he would he learned all his skills. Around the year 1503 Leonardo had begun to paint his most famous painting the Mona Lisa. A question asked by many people is why is the Mona Lisa the most famous it’s just a portrait? It’s not just her smile that gets peoples attention it’s the way he used the paint‚ the way he uses the darkness and the light and brings it all together. “Leonardo was fascinated
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history was the theft of Mona Lisa at The Louvre in Paris‚ France in 1911. Italian workman Vincenzo Perugia was irritated to see an Italian masterpiece in a French museum‚ so he removed Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the wall while he was alone in the room and walked out of the museum with the painting under his smock. For about two years‚ the painting was missing‚ but its popularity grew as the French public would stand in lines to view the blank space where the Mona Lisa had lived. Two years
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Imagine you are born in 1452 as the illegitimate son of a legal specialist‚ and a peasant woman. Because of this‚ his parents could not raise Leonardo da Vinci‚ so his parent’s family raised him in Vinci. This is a problem that he faced his entire life. While he was truly loved by his parents‚ he was never truly accepted by society. However‚ the criticism he faced in his early years quickly vanished as a result of his achievements. Because he had such a wide variety of skills and knowledge‚ he is
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get in such a state‚ cities all junk‚ roads like jigsaws from bombs and half the cornfields glowing with radioactivity at night?’” Specifically it takes place in a town square‚ as it says in the text‚ that we assume is in Europe because the painting‚ Mona Lisa is currently held in Europe. | Mood or Atmosphere or Tone | - Despairing - Forlorn - Oppressed - Bitter This is a place full of people who have destroyed their own town‚ and history
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However‚ no matter how breathtaking the Mona Lisa may be‚ there are many reasons why the School of Athens qualifies as the greatest creation of the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa was an unfinished piece‚ with its missing eyebrows and mysterious smile‚ there were clear signs that the artist did not get to fully finish the piece. After the “completion” of this
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