Leonardo da Vinci's personal life

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    Da Vinci has not only been quoted as talking about mirrors and their value in art, but in his notebooks Da Vinci wrote extensively about them. In several sections of his notebooks in titled How The Mirror Is The Master [And Guide] Of Painters and Of Judging Your Own Pictures, Da Vinci discusses and questions, “Why are paintings seen more correctly in a mirror than out of it?” (Richter, 1970)…

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    In the curing times, I believe that we have never seen an oil painter like Jenny Saville. To me, her work is something I could spend hours looking at. The way her paint blends but yet how it still stand out on its own. The way she paints is not going to painting to painting, she takes her time with each piece to make it the best that it can be. Many people compare her work to Lucian Ferdana and Sir Peter Paul Rubens. Saville is renowned for her update to the traditional oil painting, having…

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    depended on them to grow their crops. Along with survival, rivers held religious importance. The Egyptians believed in the underworld and rising from it to live a happy life after death which is the journey this painting is showing us. The Sun God Re must defeat the serpent named Apophis and if not the world would be deprived of the life giving sun. In this painting the river is not shown as what a river would realistically look like, rather it is suggested. This suggested river is not…

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    He studied several different forms of art such as: painting, sculpting, engineering, music, and writing. He is considered the most diversely talented artist because of this. (Leonardo) Da Vinci created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Michelangelo was another influential artist of his time. He sculpted the statues Pieta and David, some of his most famous works of art. Two other widely known works of art are the ceiling of the…

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    with the human bodies as if they were vividly photographed. Leonardo was also known by its strong use of vanishing point that can be seeing in the rocks that are vanishing into the fug giving a mysterious but also outstanding feel to it. Even though this is a dark painting, the color red from the angel’s tunic gives dimension in the composition giving a balance to the whole atmosphere. What makes this painting interesting is that Leonardo didn’t paint the virgin with ostentatious details, he…

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    considered a “Renaissance Man?” These questions call be answered when you look at man like Leonardo da Vinci. He epitomizes the meaning of “Renaissance Man.” The man is known for his art, but his pure talent fused with many things from science to architect. He is what is considered the perfect man of that time. He is a once in a lifetime person, I do not believe the world will ever experience a man like him. Leonardo is most known for his art, for example, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But,…

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    advancements. Leonardo Da Vinci, was arguably the most well know painter and inventor of the Renaissance era. Leonardo was not just a simple artisan of the era, he was a deep philosophical thinker and was diversely talented. To some degree, he was ahead of his time, not only in his dramatic realism of painting, but also in his marvellous inventions, and futuristic technology that were well though out and architectured with an intrigued humanist touch. Ever since a young age, Leonardo was…

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    The Leonardo and the Aquarium are both great museums, but there are many differences, while there are also many things in common. Today I will be comparing and contrasting the Leonardo and the Aquarium. These two museums are full of many fun things to do, Let's start with The Leonardo. The Leonardo is a large museum up in Salt Lake City. The exterior of this building looks very interesting. It has large flat pillar like structures panning around the building, some with interesting designs and…

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    The squealing pig demonstration of Galen is one of the most famous single physiological demonstrations of all time that even Leonardo da Vinci was inspired to produce a beautiful drawing of the recurrent laryngeal nerves (Gross, 1997). According to Gross (1998), it was Galen’s squealing pig demonstration that brought the first experimental and publicly repeatable evidence that the brain controls behavior. In his time, Galen even made lengthy arguments against Stoic philosophers, implying in…

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    Leonardo Da Vinci, the ideal Renaissance man, was born in Vinci, Italy in 1452. Leonardo was one of 17 children with no strong mother figure in his life, but lived with his father, Ser Piero. From a young age, Leonardo loved art, and began apprenticing under Andrea del Verrocchio, a notable artist in Florence. He grew up living in Milan and Florence, where he gained significant knowledge about art and science. He developed a lust for knowledge, and wanted to learn as much as he could about a…

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