Lisa Kudrow

Some of Leonardo’s most famous works are “The Mona Lisa”, “The Virgin of The Rocks”, and “The Last Supper”. Da Vinci created many more works of art in his lifetime, but sadly there is no trace of them besides the sketches in his later discovered notebooks. In Leonardo Da Vinci’s later life, he moved to…

over time. Out of all artworks that have been created the best and most deserving of preservation are The Mona Lisa, Everyman, The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Roman Colosseum. These four “best of the best” works express a multitude of cultural significance, symbolism and they each express an idea that can resonate with and prevail throughout present and future generations. The Mona Lisa is a renaissance…

One of the ways he impacted society was by his art techniques. One famous painting was the “Last Supper”. This painting has an impact because we still view and study it today. The “ Last Supper” was one of his famous art pieces. The “ Mona Lisa” was one too. Another one of his techniques was drawing anatomy studies. This is an impact because because we study the drawing today. The reason why he drew this is because it helps study the human body. The last of Da Vinci impact is his engineering…

Michelangelo Buonarotti, a name that has become almost synonymous with the High Renaissance, is arguably one of the most skilled sculptor and artist of his time. Sculptures such as the Pietá was the reason why Michelangelo became a highly regarded sculptor. Pope Julius II saw that Michelangelo had talent and an aptitude for making captivating religious interpretations in the form of some type of artwork. What Julius II did not see was the prideful side of Michelangelo which made things difficult…

renaissance man because he took part in so many different things. As you can see, he was very devoted to his work. Ideas like realism in a painting and humanism influenced him. Artists are still influenced today by Da Vinci’s famous painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Leonardo Da Vinci is important because without him we may not have things…

For week 7, I will be explaining how the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (figure 1) located in Vatican City in Rome, Italy fits in with my theme of beauty that I chose for my final paper. Italian artist, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. At first, Michelangelo refused saying he was a sculptor and had no experience as a fresco painter. However, he quickly changed his…

Leonardo da Vinci is and was a well know Renaissance artist and inventor who was well known for his perspective paintings. While he was not the first to discover this phenomenon, he still adopted and expanded on the idea and asked the question, how can I make a flat surface portrait resemble a realistic picture? Filippo Brunelleschi was the one who had a system of sizing objects on the painting, according to what he wanted the viewer to see or focus on. Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book about…

great at all of these he is possibly the most famous painter of all times. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy and died on May 2, 1519 in France. Only 15 of Da Vinci’s painting are known to exist as his own, some of the most famous include: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Baptism of Christ, Adoration of the Magi, and Medusa. Leonardo had 16 step/half siblings, but none of them were his real/direct brothers or sisters. Da Vinci was a deep thinker and he was the first person to ever explain why…

The project that I wanted to look into a little bit more was the discoveries and innovation of Leonardo Di Vinci. I have studied his work before and I am intrigued by all of his work. Through all the reading I have done and the studying I have done I have realized that he has in fact had a major impact on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting and influence that it had on other artists. I think it is interesting that this was listed and how exploration and discovery apply to many…

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452, in the town of Vinci, Italy, to a notary named Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci and a peasant girl named Caterina. Few documentations are known of the early years of his life, although it is known that he lived in his mother’s home until the age of 5, moving to his father’s household after this age. Leonardo’s father was married four times throughout his life, with the first three being unsuccessful for various reasons. Starting at the age…