I like the artist Leonardo da Vinci. My favorite work of his is "Mona Lisa". I find it very intriguing, because he is a very good artist, and he pays good attention to details. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the year of 1452 in Anchiano, Tuscany (now Italy) and died in the year of 1519 in Cloux, France. Also his parents were never married (just like me), then at an early age his mother married another man and started a new family. Da Vinci never had an advanced education, he was only tought basic…
Leonardo Da Vinci had many effects that had helped the Renaissance with artistic aspects. Leonardo Da Vinci sought a universal language painting and affected the Renaissance in so many ways and changed everyone's perspective of art. He would always go beyond everyone and would never stop until he would discover new things. Leonardo Da Vinci had made art into a whole different level and had made three big projects the Mona Lisa, the last supper, and discovered a universal language. Da…
express [1] “Vitruvian Man” by Leonardo da Vinci as a work of art, undoubtedly this is a clear-cut display of scientific knowledge. This drawing by Da Vinci is about proportions in the human body. Leonardo is responsible for the sketch and the notes were provided by the Roman architect and engineer [2] Vitruvius in Book III of his dissertation De architectura. While it can be argued that Vitruvius performed the equations, it was the artistic skill of Leonardo da Vinci that made this drawing what…
Humanities – Art Research Paper Leonardo Da Vinci, writer, mathematician, inventor, and artist during the time of the Italian Renaissance. Born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, Da Vinci became interested with art at a young age. As a child he was sent by his father to become an apprentice to his good friend the painter and sculptor Andrea Del Verrocchio. By the time he was only 20 years old he was considered a master artist. Da Vinci’s first painting took him 3 years to complete, it is…
Leonardo Da Vinci was an original artist who chose to walk the unbeaten path. In this paper I will talk about Da Vinci's early life, milan and his personal studio, and finally, his death. Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452. Da vinci’s father, ser Pierro da vinci, influenced him in his early life. He sent him to be an apprentice to verrocchio, a talented sculptor, painter, goldsmith, and craftsman. Once he finished his apprenticeship with verrocchio Da Vinci stayed to work at his shop with the…
Raphael’s work during that period in Florentine, was Leonardo da Vinci, who returned to the city from 1500 to 1506. Learning from da Vinci, his figures soon began to look more dynamic and complex, yet still making them look mostly tranquil. He studied how to draw fighting nude men, as that was the obsession in that time period in Florence. However, nothing really came out of that. Another great technique he learned from Leonardo da Vinci was the pyramidal composition from the Mona Lisa he…
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo was born in Italy near the city of Florence, outside the city of Vinci. In the book “The life of Da Vinci,” the author states that, “His last name da Vinci means he’s from Vinci. Leonardo became the apprentice of a Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading painter in Florence”(smith 6). Leonardo da Vinci was many things. In “The complete works” it states that “He was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer.” (paragraph…
Leonardo Da Vinci is arguably one of the most famous artists in the world. He is known largely for a few of his paintings, one of them being the “Mona Lisa.” Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. He was the illegitimate child of a Florentine notary and was raised by his father until he was fifteen, when he had his first apprenticeship working Andrea del Verrocchio. Leonardo grew up in a village near Florence, Italy. Most of his life was spent in a small town, coincidentally named Vinci.…
Daedalus Daedalus, known for his inventions and sculptures. One of his famous inventions where the wings. He got this idea from his nephew Talos, he was also an inventor. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew because before the wings, Talos invented a saw he got the idea from a fishes jaw bone. Daedalus was so jealous that he even wanted to kill his nephew Talos. Days went by and one day he was successful, Daedalus was playing around with Talos on top of the roof and he “accidently” dropped Talos…
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born in 1527 Milan, Italy. He was the son of Biagio, whom was also a painter from Milan. Arcimboldo’s first job was making stained glass windows in 1549 and worked with Giuseppe Meda to make frescoes for the Cathedral of Monza. In 1562 he had become the the court artist for Ferdinand I then Maximilian II and Rudolf II, who was his inspiration for the painting Vertumnus. Some of Arcimboldo’s most famous paintings include The Librarian, Vertumnus, The Jurist, and Water.…