Leonardo da Vinci's personal life

Two pieces that bear a striking similarity though their medium and content vary greatly are Francesca Woodman’s Untitled (Francesca in High School, With Bonnet) and Sofonisba Anguissola’s Self-portrait at the Easel. Anguissola’s oil painting is dated back to 1556 while Woodman’s photograph is dated between 1972 and 1975. While these two pieces are separated by four hundred years, they both hold the power of self-portraits. If an artist never takes the time to depict oneself, how can the history…

Renaissance sketches of the fifteenth and sixteenth hundreds of years. In spite of being the most celebrated painting on the planet, the Mona Lisa is - like the majority of Leonardo's works - neither marked nor dated. Its title originates from the life story of Leonardo composed by the sixteenth century Mannerist painter and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511-74), and…

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…

The Creation of Adam: the iconography of the Sistine Ceiling. While fascinating, the iconography of the Sistine Ceiling is much too vast a topic address wholesale in one short paper. However, if one breaks it into separate sections it is possible to begin to comprehend. Therefore, this essay will focus on a specific topic, namely the image of the Creation of Adam and how one can infer some very specific influences on Michelangelo by Saint Augustine in his work The City of God1. However, one…

An elaborate sculpted altar was commissioned by the Milanese Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception for their oratory in San Francesco in 1480. A new contract was drawn up in 1483 with Leonardo and the de Predis brothers: a central panel was to be painted by Leonardo alone, and there were to be two side panels showing angels singing and playing musical instruments. Yes we notice Mary and the angels but what really takes our breath away is the scenery. That background that…

The painting's significance to the renaissance was that it tied in religion and artwork. The paintings religious concept was that it was the literal creation of adam where god is reaching down and “giving adam life” in other words it's the first depiction of god giving life to the first human. God is displayed as an elderly man with a white beard in a flowy robe surrounded by 12 figures in a red cloth. This is where adam is mirroring gods pose and presented fully naked and laying on an abstract…

(Renaissance artist) Leonardo da vinci painted the mona lisa and the last supper which are very famous and important masterpieces the last supper is about the very last moments before christ was hung on the cross and killed. Francesco del Giocondo,requested a painting done by leonardo da vinci the painting is of del Giocondo wife,Lisa,. The mona lisa’s smile shows a light smirk when looking at it a certain…

great part of the Western art. People from that time considered him as one of the best and greatest artist during his lifetime and is currently considered as one of the greatest artists due to his accomplishments. He is often considered, along with Leonardo da Vinci, as a contender of the archetypal Renaissance man. He was so successful with his work, that he had a biography published while he was alive, being the first Western artist to accomplish this. David was one of his most famous…

The world since the Golden Age of Renaissance has changed drastically in the past five hundred years. However, there are still a myriad of influential modern day Renaissance men (and women) existing in the world. Although the set of criteria that the world uses to define a Renaissance man is different from the past, the definition of humanistic virtues and ideals itself has not changed. Paul Allen, one of our leading businessmen, is a definite apotheosis. His versatility allowed him not only to…

the mirical and calling out to Lazarus with His hand outstretched. Lazarus is also wrapped in linens and within the tomb. The artwork is meant to convey the power of God. This is shown in the image of the mirical of Jesus bringing the dead back to life and is also shown in the golden halo around His…