Reflection On Art

It depicts his unique style influenced by techniques in his period; through it, he perfected his sfumato technique. The painting stands out due to its realistic perception; through the mastered skills and talent Da Vinci created a fascinating painting. The Mona Lisa depicts an image of an elegant woman with a calm yet haunting look on her face. The techniques used show a smile that seems to come from within; this is evident on her lips and in her eyes (UGDSB, 12). She is wearing a dark veil on her hair, and she is making eye contact with the viewer.

Recently, people from Madrid found another painting that an artist did of the Mona Lisa. They discovered that this artist was actually sitting right next to Leonardo and copying him stroke by stroke. The only difference in this painting is that it has brighter colors and takes on more of a feminine approach to the portrait. The Mona Lisa definitely shaped history and is known to everyone around the world! Although not as three-dimensional as the painting in the Sistine Chapel, but definitely one of the best when it comes to capturing every aspect of the story, is Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper.

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, and died May 2, 1519. Born in the region of Florence, and educated at the same studio as Verrocchio. A lot of his earlier days as a painter was with Ludovico il Moro in Milan, and he later worked in Rome, Bologna, and Venice. He spent his last years in France at the home awarded him by Francis I. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

On Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, a painting done in 1503-1516 in Milan (probably the most famous painting in the world). This painting was done with oil on panel. The reason in why this is a humanistic artwork is because of its intention and the portraying of beauty. This painting is not a painting of any goddess but of an ordinary peasant women. Leonardo depicted Mona Lisa as the standard beauty of that time.

It shows history and context of the lives of the 1700’s. The textures of the dresses are beautiful and very alluring to the eye. The porcelain skin of the mother and daughter give the painting innocence and purity, along with the loving nature between the mother and the daughter. This is a very good piece of artwork because it draws you to it with you knowing why. Once looking at the painting you find yourself looking into the eyes of the subject being painted and seeing another life with in the portrait.

). If art didn’t exist, we wouldn’t know or be able to imagine what it was like back then. When Captain Thomas Smith made a self- portrait about himself and we are informed about mixed styles in Europe, we were exposed to their culture and ways (Visual Arts Cork .com. "American Colonial Art."). I love painting because I feel like you can attach your feelings to the canvas.

We are able to both ends of the space due to the mirror that he has chosen to include in the painting. This technique was very interesting at the time because it stimulated more of the viewer’s sense of space. The mirror evoked a feeling of being in the scene of the painting and witnessing it for yourself. "In its own way it was as new and revolutionary as Donatello's or Masaccio's work in Italy- Ernst Gombrich Van Eyck was a great oil painter and brought his paintings to life using a layering technique. Van Eyck would layer thin translucent layers of paint over and over again to build his objects.

If I speak of the name, Mona Lisa, you will not be unfamiliar. She is a woman in the portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci, becoming a household person. Mona is the Italian abbreviation and respectful address in Renaissance, so the literal translation of the portrait, Mona Lisa, should be "Mrs Lisa". This painting represents the highest artistic achievement of Da Vinci, succeeded in shaping an urban middle-class lady's image in the rising period of capitalism. Her posture in the painting is elegant with subtle smile; mysterious background shows deep boundless scene, incisively and vividly playing the painter’s brushwork of that unique misty "aerial perspective".

Salvador Dali had an amazing talent when it came to painting. His art work had a major impact on me when I began to study his work. One of his pieces that really caught my attention was the piece, “Girl Standing at the Window in 1925”. The detail in the girl is so incredible. The way he established the lights and darks in her dress make it look like a photograph.

Sfumato and chiaroscuro might sound like a pasta dish from Italy, but instead they are two totally different Italian styles of painting techniques that legendary painters like Leonardo Da Vinche and Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn practiced and mastered. Sfumato is the delicate shading that was used to hide the sharp edges also meaning through smoke. Leonardo da Vinci used the technique in painting the Mona Lisa. The masterpiece has been acclaimed as the most famous work of art in the world. The painting is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, Leonardo’s friend’s wife.