Portrait Of Mona Lisa Analysis

Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452. Not only was he an infamous Italian painter who created some of the world’s most well-known artwork, but he was a man of many talents. He was also a sculptor, architect, engineer, and a draftsman. He was a true genius which is the reason he is still being studied till this day. Throughout his life, he would write in a series of notebooks to document his studies. His notes show the use of mechanical principles and scientific inquiry well ahead of his time. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016.)
Da Vinci had a strong desire for knowledge which is the reason behind his thinking and behavior. He believed his eyes were the main road to knowledge, and that the out of the five senses, that sight was the most important. He believed this because he felt that sight correctly, immediately, and with certainty showed us the facts behind an experience. Every experience to him, was an object of …show more content…
There are many mysteries surrounding this famous painting. The subject in the painting is not certain as well as the exact dates da Vinci began creating the painting. However, the woman who seems as though she can step out of the painting at any moment is the wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. This is the reason behind the alternative title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, more commonly known as La Giaconda. Many scholars are still uncertain about the identity of the subject, but da Vinci began painting the image around the time many significant events were taking place in her family’s history. She and her husband had just lost their daughter in the year 1499. In December of 1502, they had another child, a son, and in 1503 they had bought a new home. Therefore, it is believed that this painting was commissioned to recognize all of these events that had taken place in their family. (Campell,