I. Attention getter:
Does anyone of you know Mona Lisa? Most of the people know it because it is the most recognizable and parodied painting of all time but have anyone of you ever wonder what the painting is all about? And the most important question is; do you know who created all these well-known painting and what other masterpiece he did? “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci (BrainyQuote.com n.d)
Leonardo da Vinci is a writer, mathematician, inventor and also an artist. He is the very definition of ‘Polymath Renaissance Man’ which also means a universal man. After being documented, researchers found approximately 7000 pages of notes he left behind remain scattered, hidden, lost various collection of …show more content…
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Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman that has been declared as a masterpiece since renaissance time. Leonardo uses the technique of Sfumato which means “to evaporate like a smoke” in other words by not giving harsh outlines present. The researches had trouble finding the actual date when it is completed. The painting is now in The Louvre museum, Paris since 1797 (Smarthistory 2013).
Leonardo started to paint the Mona Lisa in between 1503 until 1507 few years later after he had arrived in Florence. It must have been his favourite painting because he was loath to part with …show more content…
Some posited numerous interpretations by stating that she is a Lisa del Giacondo, the wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo. Some came out with a theory that the model is Leonardo’s mother because of the sitter’s mysterious smile. The third suggestion was that the painting was in fact it is Leonardo himself disguising as a women to make an artist’s riddle, they did found a bit resemblance between Mona Lisa and Leonardo. But the sad truth is the identity has not been conclusively proven yet. That what makes this portrait interesting and attracts people to actually see the real portrait in the museum (Mona Lisa
Does anyone of you know Mona Lisa? Most of the people know it because it is the most recognizable and parodied painting of all time but have anyone of you ever wonder what the painting is all about? And the most important question is; do you know who created all these well-known painting and what other masterpiece he did? “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci (BrainyQuote.com n.d)
Leonardo da Vinci is a writer, mathematician, inventor and also an artist. He is the very definition of ‘Polymath Renaissance Man’ which also means a universal man. After being documented, researchers found approximately 7000 pages of notes he left behind remain scattered, hidden, lost various collection of …show more content…
Body:
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman that has been declared as a masterpiece since renaissance time. Leonardo uses the technique of Sfumato which means “to evaporate like a smoke” in other words by not giving harsh outlines present. The researches had trouble finding the actual date when it is completed. The painting is now in The Louvre museum, Paris since 1797 (Smarthistory 2013).
Leonardo started to paint the Mona Lisa in between 1503 until 1507 few years later after he had arrived in Florence. It must have been his favourite painting because he was loath to part with …show more content…
Some posited numerous interpretations by stating that she is a Lisa del Giacondo, the wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo. Some came out with a theory that the model is Leonardo’s mother because of the sitter’s mysterious smile. The third suggestion was that the painting was in fact it is Leonardo himself disguising as a women to make an artist’s riddle, they did found a bit resemblance between Mona Lisa and Leonardo. But the sad truth is the identity has not been conclusively proven yet. That what makes this portrait interesting and attracts people to actually see the real portrait in the museum (Mona Lisa