In the sixteenth century‚ the high renaissance is a period that focused on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. The high renaissance was known for a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states‚ particularly Rome‚ capital of the Papal States‚ under Pope Julius ll. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in Vinci‚ Italy. Leonardo was an Italian polymath who was well known as an artist who painted over 280 paintings. He was also known as a natural genius crossing
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of Mary. Mona Lisa Smile 1. What is art according to the discussion in the movie? Art have standards‚ techniques‚ compositions‚ colors and subjects. Art isn’t art unless someone tells it is. But art will be art as long as you consider it by yourself as an art. We need to look beyond and open our minds to new ideas because in there‚ we can appreciate what do really art means. 2. What are the similarities of Ms. Katherine Watson and Mona Lisa? According to my research‚ Mona Lisa is a half-length
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four different painting and they are the Mona Lisa‚ The Last Supper‚ Vitruvian Man‚ Lady with an Ermine and his Self-portrait. Leonardo da Vinci still considered one the greatest and his is one of the most influential artists in history. He is famous for the Mona Lisa this painting is the most famous because of its mystery. We are uncertain if the painting is portrait of the wife of Florentine citizen Francesco Del Giocondo‚ as everyone had believed. Mona Lisa’s has an enigmatic smile and it remains
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Modernism in art is rejecting the past and it’s a “relentless quest for radical freedom of expression” (says my copy of “The Annotated Mona Lisa”). In western culture‚ before the scientific revolution or the Age of Enlightenment‚ most subjects/ themes of paintings were the daily lives of upper/middle class people‚ the nobility‚ Christianity‚ and landscapes. Also the paintings then stressed
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Martin Kemp. The author considers Leonardo and the process he takes of dissecting an older gentleman and the artwork of the female anatomy. The author then takes that information and connects it to another work the artist created. The artwork of the Mona Lisa that is known worldwide Kemp describes piece by piece the connection between the two parts. Upon completing the reading the reader is persuaded by the author that these pieces of artwork can indeed by connected. Kemp first remarks that Leonardo’s
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The last book I have read is “The girl with the Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier. It is written in a narrative form revolving around the intricacies of Vermeer’s genius at its best. Meeting Vermeer through this book was quite a fascinating experience. His solitary ways and forlorn clumsiness in real life speaks volumes of how crowded and passion-filled his brain must have been. The rush of passions‚ the hurried compassions‚ stolen moments of guilty love and meekness of human vulnerability seems
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by the naked eye. The Mona Lisa was a piece that he painted somewhere between 1503 and 1506 but rumor has it that this beautiful work of was not finished until 1517. Then you have Michelangelo Buonarroti‚ the creator of The Pieta‚ yet another fine work of art from the 16th century. These artist express their raw talent with the way the choice of color were used in the Mona Lisa also the materials that was put into the Pieta such as Carrera marble. Now speaking of the Mona Lisa‚ it is viewed by hundreds
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InterContinental University Abstract Ancient art has a timeless value on how it affects society today. In order to interoperate each work of art‚ an individual must have a full knowledgeable concept of how to define each piece. This essay defines each the Mona Lisa created by Leonardo Da Vinci and the Venus de Milo sculpted by Alexandros of Antioch. It defines the form‚ subject matter‚ and content for both pieces. The comparison between both pieces is very much different in concepts‚ but the meaning of both
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reason why Mona Lisa is very famous is because of its painter‚ the speculation of the who was the woman in the painting and the news about the stolen painting. Body Paragraph 1 One of the reasons why the painting famous is because of the painter of the painting. Leonardo Da Vinci painted it He is the foremost Renaissance artist He is renowed throughout the world for his different styles and works of art Body Paragraph 2 Secondly‚ the speculation of the woman in the potrait of Mona Lisa. People
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I started to research Leonardo Da Vinci‚ because Leonardo had lived for a long time‚ which was uncommon then. Leonardo is well know because of the artwork and style that he used. He is also know for the Mona Lisa that has brought people to find the history behind the portrait. Leonardo had basic education‚ but had been able to paint and build many things. He had dedicated his life to art. He didn’t just stop at just painting he had learned how to sculpt and spent 5 years learning Mechanical arts
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