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    Leonardo Da Vinci was a world-changing genius of the Renaissance period. This man changed art forever with his unique painting style and his relaxed portraits. Da Vinci was also a world renowned scientist, who studied anything and everything he could, inventing and sketching machines that we use today, and learning about human anatomy and nature. Leonardo was a one of kind man, who pioneered some machines we use today and some scientific ideas that we still study. The early life of…

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    Yesterday when I was researching the major Renaissance artists da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael,and Brunelleschi I looked at their artwork and I was most impressed with leonardo’s. Leonardo da vinci was simply a genius in general and poetic sense . His painting, anatomy studying, and many sketches inventions. He lives up to his title of being the Renaissance man. By far in my opinion the coolest invention by da Vinci was his machine gun. The 33-barrelled organ was never built but it would have…

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    Madonna is among the greatest piece of art in history, to an extent that Raphael was inspired by earlier pieces of Madonna done Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Raphael short art career lasted for just 20 years. He who was a long-term admirer of Leonardo’s was inspired by his earlier version of Madonna and Child with Saint Anne piece and Michelangelo. Although his own style can be recognized. For instance, in Madonna of the Meadow by Raphael, he absorbed the pyramidal grouping which was so…

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    Leonardo da Vinci, Jan Van Eyck, Michelangelo, and Raphael captured in art the translation of the word Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “reawakening.” Throughout the period, from the late 14th century to the end of the 16th century, artists discovered new techniques and attributes of artistic design, as well as created many of the most famous and beloved sculptures and paintings of all time. As da Vinci commented, “A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.” Italy introduced…

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    Leonardo da Vinci created magnificent artwork that filled the world around him with life, making him one of the greatest Renaissance painters in history. He came to life April 15, 1452, in Tuscany, Italy. His father was Piero da Vinci, and his mother Caterina. They were not married, and Piero had affairs with multiple other women throughout his lifetime. Because of this, Leonardo had nearly fifteen half-siblings and four stepmothers. Every time he saw his mother, she was holding another baby.…

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    Botticelli among other great contributors. Also during that time Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni and Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci were two of the best artists ever born, however both italians were big rivals even though they had a few things in common. Da Vinci was raised by his father and grandparents whom were very religious, at age 14 his biological mother died and he…

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    Art: The work of Leonardo da Vinci on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting When Leonardo da Vinci was born, he was apprenticed to a sculptor and painter named Verrocchio. As he learned, he learned to surpass his own master and become a master of all that he had learned. Leonardo was nothing short of a genius. Leonardo was a mathematician, botanist, architect, civil and military engineer, town planner, hydrologist, and cartographer. He drew upon art in discovering science and used…

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    knowledge about Latin and Greek. These men were artists, writers, inventors, and more. Leonardo da Vinci and Jan Van Eyck are prime examples of a Renaissance Man, even though they came from two different areas of the Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April fifteenth of the year 1452 in a city in Italy named Tuscany. He moved to Vinci to live with his uncle and grandparents around the age of five. Leonardo did not receive a very formal education when he was younger besides basic…

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    Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Anchiano, Italy. When Leonardo was a child, he received little formal education but his artistic talents were evident from an early age. Around 14, da Vinci began an apprenticeship with the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned a lot of different technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. At 20, da Vinci qualified for membership as a master artist in Florence’s Guild of Saint Luke…

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    Humanism is reflected in Leonardo’s painting through many different aspects. The figures in this art work appear to be naturalistic. One aspect of the painting that represented Humanism was how the figures showed the human emotions. In this art work Leonardo genuinely wanted to show the different types of human feelings. Every face of the 12 disciples shows the viewers the all the actual human emotions rather than just happiness , which was a major aspect f humanism as you can see on the image…

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