everything connects to everything else”. It is important to know that that every action a person takes will impact others in some shape or form. The artworks of Leonardo and Michelangelo displayed to the world their talents and the meaning of life. The Mona Lisa and the Sistine Chapel were both painted during the Renaissance period but from alternate perspectives. Both artists portrayed the human body differently. The Renaissance was a period between the 14th and 17th centuries which is commonly known as
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The “Mona Lisa” painting is a good example of his work which contributed to the development of art in the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a wife of a Florentine noble. She refused to smile; Leonardo even tried hiring musicians but that didn’t change her mind. At last‚ just for a second she smiled faintly and
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the Pieta‚ as well as his painting of the Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel was some of his great works that influenced the art of the 16th century; Leonardo da Vince also contributed great works such as; the Last Supper‚ the Mona Lisa‚ and the Modonna of the Rocks. 2. David a. Michelangelo was summoned by Piero Soderini‚ to sculpt the David from marble in Florence in 1501 (David‚ n.d.). His sculptor was different from previous ones in that he chose the moment before
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The Mona Lisa is said to be a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant‚ so her gaze would be meant for her husband. The Mona Lisa has very many mysteries‚ but the main one being her smile. To this day‚ it inspires many painters‚ sculptors‚ and writers. If you look closely at the paiting‚ the face of the woman is faced
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Monet‚ Cezanne‚ Rodin‚ Botticelli‚ Leonardo Da Vinci‚ and several more. The value of the Mona Lisa in World War II was 100 million dollars. The value of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper is at least 150 million dollars. The Monuments Men recovered almost five million paintings stolen from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Some of the paintings that they recovered are the Woman in Gold‚ Mona Lisa‚ The Last Supper‚ The Astronomer‚ Madonna of Bruges‚ and many more. The Woman in Gold has
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was thirty he started working for the Duke of Milan‚ Ludovico Sforza. This is where Leo had began his real works of art. All of these little projects led to him creating his most wonderful masterpieces; Madonna of the Rocks‚ the Last Supper‚ the Mona Lisa‚ and many more. These wonderful pieces of artwork have become very influential to a great number of young artists. Though it is not just the beauty of the art that makes them so famous‚ it is the was that Leonardo blends many different perspectives
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changed the world of art for good. Leonardo da Vinci is important to the Renaissance in many more ways than just through paintings‚ but also through the new understandings‚ ideas‚ and inventions such as the Vitruvian Man‚ the flying machine‚ and the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci was considered to be very important to the Renaissance due to his new understanding of proportion through the Vitruvian Man. Leonardo was fascinated with the relationship between a square‚ circle and proportion. He learned from
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to hold them up to a mirror‚ because all his notes were written backward. Many think it was so others could not copy him or steal his ideas. “Leonardo became well known early in his career” (Heslewood 18). His most famous works of art are; the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. The last supper includes the 12 apostles and Jesus. Leonardo promised to make a machine for war to protect the Duke of Milan and the town. Today it seems like an unusual thing because Da Vinci hated war. Leonardo was one of the
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the world‚ ‘Mona Lisa‚ viewers feel that the woman in the painting is watching them‚ regardless of their position in relation to the frame. Furthermore‚ her mysterious smile seems to suggest a thought. Gazing at Mona Lisa is an eerie experience that can only be felt when looking at the original as some of the effect is lost in reproductions. Many deem her partial smile to be the cause of her unsettling effect on viewers‚ while others attribute it to her unavoidable eyes. In any case‚ Mona Lisa’s portrait
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discoveries‚ he paints in ways that express himself and also dramatic ways which adds the realism to his paintings and is a great master at art . Leonardo is the best one out of the three others to meet because he has more intriguing art pieces including Mona lisa‚ and other art pieces that he has done .Leonardo’s art was based off of his great skill to closely observe and re paint the effects he saw in nature which added realness to his art which is something that Raphael did not do‚Raphael based his art
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