The Mona Lisa by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is one of the most visited, written about, sung about, and talked about paintings of all time. In the following pages I will give a detailed description of the painting, the historical context surrounding it’s inception, and an in-depth comparison between Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vincent van Gogh’s Self Portrait.
Raphael, a product of the Renaissance, presented a different style of art and introduced a new medium for expression. His repertoire included both complex and simplistic work. The variety in his art allowed him to attract attention from both royalty and common people. His artistic ability is neither challenged nor debated. An outstanding support and teaching from his father planted a seed of inextinguishable desire. Later in his life, Raphael watched this seed bloom as opportunities began to wallow at his feet. However, Raphael was no genius compared to his contemporaries and neither did he have a drop of noble blood in his family history. The facts were not stacked in his favor. Nevertheless, Raphael was always known for his work ethic and good manners.
The Renaissance religious art was created not just for the artist pleasure but to inspire people to use their creatives mind and express what they thought. Art was one of the most distinguishing factors during the Renaissance. The art period in the 15th century was bridged in Italy between The Middle Ages and the High Renaissance. The polymath Artist and philosophers of this historical time stressed of new ideals, three-dimensional organization, rationalistic analysis and a human-centered perspective that altered the look of art to this day. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were some of the most famous men during this time. They both were profound painters and defined as the archetype of the Renaissance man. However, these artists were
Leonardo da Vinci painted one of the most enigmatic women in the art world. She goes by many names La Gioconda, La Joconde, but is most well known under the name Mona Lisa. She is a portrait known by so many people around the world. Some compare her to the divine rather than human due to her expression, cryptic yet cheerful (Boas, pg 210). This woman captivates many due to her mystery and disputed past. Many things are of interest about the Mona Lisa including the expression and ambiguity of the sitter (Orford, decodearts.com). Did da Vinci intend for the observers to be intrigued by her mysterious nature?
Emotional, expressive, detailed, incredible, and magnificent: these are just a few
words that help capture what is medieval art. The artists behind these pieces of artwork
helped to shape culture, as well as creating vivid visual depictions of Bible stories,
portraits, and landscapes. Some of the most famous pieces of artwork come from the
medieval period, especially the Renaissance. Artists were widely popular at this time, so
artwork was spreading everywhere and changing history. Imagine how different today’s
culture would be without famous paintings such as Michelangelo’s mural on the ceiling
of the Sistine chapel, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and the Last Supper.
Magdalena Soest believes that Mona Lisa was the Duchess of Forli. Soest thinks that her theory can be proved with another paining of the Italian artist Lorenzo di Credi, who painted a woman in 1487 that looked very much like Mona Lisa. There is a big similarity between those two paintings, in spite of the fact that the woman on the earlier painting is about 25 years old, and on the older one – 40 years of age. Both of the painted women have the proud bearing, their hands are resting in the same position and they both have mysterious smiles.
A lot of emotions are expressed in this painting, if you see both the ladies clearly one half is a lady suffering with wounds on her back and is under the scorching sun and the other is of a beautiful woman who is well dressed under the moonlight who is calm and confident about her self.
...renaissance. This is was evident by the grand sculptures and paintings he created; he was the first great sculptor since Roman times and no one used marble on such a large scale since the fall of Rome until Michelangelo came along. The implements and styles of art that Michelangelo used for his works made his masterpieces the greatest masterpieces in history. Since Michelangelo mastered many fields in art, such as sculpting, fresco, and watercolor, he incorporated his learning and new creative styles of art into his creations. Furthermore, he was able to study artists such as Da Vinci since he lived longer then almost all of his contemporaries and he learned from their styles and perfected them. Through his work, Michelangelo was capable of reflecting his long-lasting spiritual and artistic endeavors; until this day, Michelangelo is known as the “melancholy genius.”
One of many great artists from the High Renaissance was Leonardo Da Vinci. He shared the same style of painting with Michelangelo and Raphael. The art work resulted of amazing images that consisted of using both perspective and illusionism that helped give the perfect amount of detail. Leonardo used several Elements of Art as well as Principles of Art some of them included emphasis, contrast, and proportion. He also created his own painting technique in which he applied a hazy glaze over his art work called “sfumato”. Leonardo’s paintings are different from that of the Gothic Age,
Leonardo da Vinci was a man of art, science and innovation during the Renaissance Era. Although many of Leonardo’s paintings were unfinished or lost, we could see his influence in perspective, light and shadows, and primary colors in his paintings. To paint more realistic paintings, he first learned as an apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading Florentine painter and sculptor. After 6 years he became an independent master and developed his own style of painting.