Response Paper: The Mona LisaRachel McRill The Mona Lisa; also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde‚ is a famous work of art by Leonardo da Vinci. He created this piece by using the sfumato‚ the technique of blurring sharp outlines by blending‚ chiaroscuro‚ contrasting light and shade boldly‚ and atmospheric‚ the perception of depth in nature enhanced by haze‚ perspective. The subject is a young woman sitting with a half-smile on her face. Painted in 1503‚ her name is Lisa Gheradini‚ and she was
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Leonardo’s Mona Lisa v. Michelangelo’s David The Mona Lisa‚ painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1503-6‚ is oil on panel. It is a three quarter portrait of a young‚ Florentine woman. She is sitting in a chair with her torso twisting around to face the viewer. Her hands are resting on the arm of the chair. Behind the woman in the background is a landscape very characteristic of many Leonardo paintings. The Mona Lisa was painted toward the end of Leonardo’s career. In contrast‚ the David created by
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Leonardo Da Vinci And Mona Lisa Born near Florence‚ Italy in 1452. “Leonardo da Vinci became became known as the universal genius” (Monkeyshines On Art & Great Artists). He was one of the greatest painter of the Italian Renaissance he also was an architect‚ a engineer‚ and sculptor. When he was a child Leonardo was apprentice of the Andrea del Verroccio a famous painter. Some time in his 50s Leonardo created his best work ever and most famous painting The Mona Lisa. In 1517 he settled in France
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Kumar Sidney Long AP Euro History Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is an extremely well known and controversial oil painting by the famous Renaissance inventor‚ artist‚ and scientist‚ Leonardo Da Vinci. He began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 and finally finished in 1519‚ a little before his death. Da Vinci created the now world renowned painting as a commission for the Gerardini Family. The painting is actually named after a member of the Gerardini Family‚ Lisa Del Giondo. It is currently on display
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Renaissance Art‚ by Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. The two works of art to me represent High Renaissance Art at its best. The two pieces show art to be colorful‚ yet refined‚ subtle and perceptive. The Sistine Chapel is by far Michelangelo’s best work‚ because I love the bible and the themes he made to fit the verses. The Mona Lisa is beautiful to me and has beautiful coloring and has withstood the test of time. I will be talking about
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Always Remember To Smile English Literature Essay If you are still thinking about when either happened‚ then you belong to the large majority who have long turned into mechanical robots or transformed into zombies. These pseudo humans either have hollow laughter that reeks of howling or have to make do with plastic smiles etched to perfection! (Well‚ at least most of the time‚ although the etching artist could give the Joker a run for this evil grin) I don’t blame them; in this time & age of
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A smile is a facial expression formed by flexing the muscles near both ends of the mouth and by flexing muscles throughout the mouth.[1] Some smiles include contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes (see ’Duchenne Smiling’ below). Among humans‚ it is an expression denoting pleasure‚ sociability‚ happiness‚ or amusement. This is not to be confused with a similar but usually involuntary expression of anxiety known as a grimace. Smiling is something that is understood by everyone despite
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Smiling is contagious. One of my goals every day is to smile‚ whether to myself or to someone else‚ even a complete stranger. I have a neighbor‚ an elderly Chinese woman‚ I have no clue as to what her name is‚ yet every day when I leave my house I see her on her morning walk and we smile to each other. I once was on the W-line bus on my way to campus and I smiled to a person sitting across from me. I later realized the person was in one of my classes and I introduced myself as the guy that smiled
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several differences. While certain aspects of fashions have changed with the ages‚ others seem to remain timeless. Long‚ lustrous and thick hair has for the most part continually remained popular‚ particularly among women. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa appears to be wearing a thin veil covering her curly hair‚ her hair is otherwise worn long‚ over the shoulders and with a straight part down the center. While there are aspects of this image that are different‚ the overall style of her hair is comparable
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The smile is the small changes in the facial expression of the person . there is a proverb says :- if you laugh every body will laugh with you ‚ but if you cry you will cry alone. we have to spend our life with smile ‚cheerfully‚happily without any regrets‚ because this life like a station that we need only to have the enough and a good quality of fuel that could help us to be happy forever in our next (permanent) life. in some religious books told us the smile to the face of your brother is alms
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