Mona Lisa

Art is truly experienced in the senses of the beholder. The same painting, movie or piece of music can evoke a wide array of emotions in many different people, or even in one person alone. The desire to express ourselves thorough our creativity is a characteristic shared by most people. Letting our imaginations run free to create, manipulate, and incorporate our vision into something that lasts caries deep meaning. The word ‘Art’ itself encompasses so many mediums; paintings, drawings,…

Mon Premier Jour en France There I was, lost at the Notre Dame. Not having a clue where everyone else was. You’re probably wondering how I got in this situation. Let me start from the beginning. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I had been told that my French class would one day go to France on a trip. After years of waiting, the day had finally arrived. I was leaving for France! Our flight left at 4pm out of JFK and had a layover in Amsterdam which took about 8 hours. When we landed…

of Adam and Eve/Expulsion from the Garden. In this review, I’m discussing the ‘Creation of Adam’. In the Creation of Adam, the artist's image of God reaching out to Adam has become iconic of humanity and has been reproduced numerous times like Mona Lisa and ‘The Last Supper’ of Leonardo-da-Vinci. The left side of the painting shows a figure who is Adam, the first human, and he is lying on the with his upper body face outward, his right hand on the ground and left hand is lifted up with his…

Introduction Leonardo Da Vinci was an illegitimate son of a notary named Ser Piero and a peasant girl Caterina Leonardo. He was born on April, 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy which was just outside Florence. After spending his short life with his mother, Leonardo’s custody was given to his father as his mother married someone in the neighboring town. As his parents lived separate life, they gifted him with 17 half sisters and brothers. Leonardo’s love and connection with paintings started in small age…

for the mysterious smile of woman in it and stayed the subject to ponder and speculate for centuries. Many studies were made on the woman and people tried to find out who wshe really was. She was guessed to be Mona Lisa Gherardini, who was a courtesan, however later she was suggested to be Lisa Del Giocondo, who was a wife of merchant. This painting is among the best paintings of world so far and is in fact on top of them (Nicholl, 2013). The contributions of Leonardo made the Renaissance an…

Following an event of such magnitude it shock the contemporary foundation of human society, an event that cut the human population nearly in half,1* it followed reason that many peoples faith would be put into question. This questioning of religious faith following The Back Death, led to a Renaissance. No longer did peoples lives revolve solely around religious faith, after what many felt was god abandoning them in there most dire needs, why would it? During a time that saw a complete breakdown…

Da Vinci captured souls. His 15th Century contributions remain supreme whether they be in art, science, mathematics, engineering, writing or music. Such was Leonardo’s ability he enjoyed recognition and support as he created artworks such as the Mona Lisa and the less famous, Ginevra de benci. By comparison Zoe Young is contemporary Australian artist, a graduate in sculpture at the National…

Analyze if Leonardo Da Vinci’s Aerial Screw was effective to the evolution of the helicopter? Identification of Sources Source #1 This article is published on the US Centennial of Flight Commission, a valuable education and research website dedicated to show original and useful content for researchers about aeronautics. It was written by Judy Rumerman, an accomplished writer and author for many books about aeronautics. She has lots of experience with writing about the history of NASA and flying…

The Renaissance was a time of great change, and reform throughout most of Europe. It saw the emergence of many ‘realistic’ artists, humanists, and technological/scientifical 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…

to cover up a piece of history. Psychlustro is to graffiti as Banksy is to the Mona Lisa. Banksy took an iconic image and changed it to fit his style and his message. Taking a look at Banksy’s Mona Lisa Shows Her Bum it is a satire of the iconic painting. It shows that every “serious” and “traditional” painting has a fun, possibly crude counterpart. This could also be seen in Marcel Duchamp’s version of the Mona Lisa, which has an added mustache and the letters “L.H.O.O.Q.”, which reportedly…