Mona Lisa Smile

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, a little village in Tuscany, Italy. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was working briefly in the small village where his second out five sons was born with his wife, Francesca Neri and shortly after Michelangelo's birth, his family moved back to Florence because his father went back to working for the Florentine government. Michelangelo was placed with a family of stonecutters. He considered Florence to be his true home until the day…

Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy and died on January 8, 1642. He was born to the parents Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia degli Ammannati. Galileo’s father was a lutenist, composer, and music theorist. Galileo was the oldest of six children, although only three only siblings lived through infantry. His family was part of nobility but was not rich. They moved to Florence, Italy in the early 1570’s. Never marrying, Galileo had three children with Marina…

The elements of design are visual components that artist use to make their artwork. There are six primary elements of design and they include line, shape, mass/volume, perspective, texture and color. We use these elements of design to add more depth to our analysis of artwork. All of these elements can be seen in the painting After the Bath, Woman drying herself by Edgar Degas. The main lines in this piece are the vertical and diagonal lines where the floor and wall meet in the background. The…

The two of the most famous painting he had painted were the “last supper”, and “the mona lisa”. But Leonardo wasn’t just a painter he was also an inventor. Some of his inventions were, the tank, the helicopter, and the catapult. He used many techniques to paint and write. He used oils and dyes he loved to experiment with paints all the time…

Painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa debatably the most popular and well known work of art ever. Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous artist around the world ever, and the most famous and well known Italian artist. The Mona Lisa is a painting of a woman by the name of Lisa Gherardini. Quickly after the turn of the century, Da Vinci was requested to do the painting by the husband of Lisa Gherardini, Francesco Del Giocondo. Due to Lisa’s countenance, the painting has become one of…

“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous portraits in history. It is believed to have been created in 1503-1504. It is shrouded in mystery as no one really knows why it was painted. Although, art historians believe the portrait is of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, as the alternative name of the portrait is “La Gioconda.” Art historians also believe the portrait was either made in 1503 to commemorate Francesco del Giocondo and his…

Mona Lisa can be termed as the best work of art of all time in the world. It is a half-length portrait of a woman, which was created by Leonardo Da Vinci during the period 1503 to 1506. The artwork is known to be the most famous, being the most parodied, the most written about, sung about and visited in the world. It is known by not only art lovers but by the world’s population better part. It is assumed that the artwork was a representation of Lisa Gherardini, who was the wife to Francesco…

His first major paint, an "academic" work is First Communion, featuring a description of his sire, mamma, and younger sister kneeling before an altar. Picasso was 15 when he finished it. Actually no, but in 1911, when the remarkable painting Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre, the police took in Picasso 's…

Perhaps The Mona Lisa crossed your mind? The painter, Leonardo da Vinci, is household name. His work, especially The Mona Lisa, is still admired, studied and copied by many. The Louvre has over 70,000 pieces of artwork, yet crowds flock to see da Vinci’s the 21 by 30 inch painting of the mysterious women with an enigmatic smile.We all know Leonardo da Vinci and The Mona Lisa, but little to nothing is known about the women who made this painting…

Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting Review Xiao Xiong On May 13, 2017, Carolee Schneemann(American, b.1939) was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Fifty-Seventh Venice Biennale - “VIVA ARTE VIVA”. For more than sixty years, Schneemann has made the groundbreaking innovations in the field of photography, performance, film, video, mixed media, and installations, she has constantly broken the boundaries and challenged the limits of contemporary art. As one of the most…