Mona Lisa

Adolph Hitler, a dictator of World War II, was once an artist. Despite his artistic skills and passion towards art, he was continuously rejected by art academies, and therefore, came to be an unsuccessful artist. This was one of the main causes of the Degenerate Art Commission, also called the Nazi art theft. Hitler’s personal antipathy towards modern art created the Degenerate Art Commission which destroyed and concealed thousands of modern artworks (Allsop). Starting from 1937, the looting…

Human civilization has been evolving for centuries through the use of new inventions and discoveries. With technology having only been around for a few decades, most of the information known about the past is from documents and structures around the world. The importance of keeping these artifacts in their original condition is stressed by author of “The Lovely Stones” Christopher Hitchens. Throughout his article on the importance of preserving buildings, he focuses on the Parthenon, a historic…

What is the best way to steal? Over many years, thieves prearranged many plans on how to get away with theft. This is how some of the history’s most creative crooks made off with millions. On December 22, 2000, the criminals who robbed the Stockholm’s National Museum in Sweden had known exactly what they were after in their well-planned theft. A machine gun will get you the haul, a bomb will distract the police, and cars with flat tires cannot respond to an alarm. Their distraction tactics were…

their death. Leonardo has also received acclaim through many of his famous paintings. His most well known painting is The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is one of the most visited portraits in the world (Summers). Today, this painting is showcased at one of the most monumental museums, The Louvre. Here, over six million people visit and admire The Mona Lisa each year. The face of Mona Lisa remains a symbolic face of the Renaissance. Another one of Leonardo’s famous portraits was done of Gineva de…

In the 1400’s and the 1500’s the Renaissance art was ruled by four Italian artist: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. All of these artist have some sort of impact during this time. If is their paintings or their sculptures. Their stand the test of time and as today we are still studying it. These four names are so iconic in the art world. Even for little kids with the widely popular cartoon show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where each turtle is name after a Renaissance…

Leonardo Da Vinci was conceived on April 14, 1452 in the town of Vinci close Florence Italy. He kept the name of his town for his last name. He existed amid the fifteenth century, a period when the populace of Europe were getting to be keen on workmanship. This time of time was known as the Renaissance period. Leonardo Da Vinci was extremely capable. He was an extraordinary craftsman, yet he got to be acclaimed on the grounds that he found himself able to do such a variety of different things.…

about. Moreover, the author establishes credibility and knowledge about the subject discussed inasmuch as the audience can observe that he is an expert on the area. He also uses allusions to art, when he mentions a well-famous paint, the Mona Lisa: "If the Mona Lisa had been sawed in two during the Napoleonic Wars and the separated halves had been acquired by different museums in, say, St.…

Rennaissance – "Mona Lisa." Mona Lisa (da Vinci, 1503-1506) is a very famous painting that below the surface contains uses in art technique of new scientific knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci was well-rounded in many areas and not only in art. He was also a gifted scientist: mathematician, geologist, engineer, and even writer and musician – all of the knowledge combined helped him to create this masterpiece. According to Study.com (n.d) “Da Vinci had applied techniques and elements new to the era.…

changes can be seen in art,literature,astronomy,and anatomy. One way the renaissance changed was in artwork.by comparing davincis mona lisa with the middle ages modana , many diffinces can be seen.for example there are 2 angels in the mondana. This shows how religion is in the painting. The painting of jesus as a baby and his mother mary. Another example is the mona lisa it shows the image changed from centering…

known to be a great inventor, scientist, and engineer. Leonardo produced amazing artwork with a unique style during his time. His artwork is well recognized and popular by modern artist and historians all around the world. Paintings such as the Mona Lisa is considered to be priceless, and others, such as The Last Supper irreplaceable. Along with his paintings, Leonardo left behind many volumes of journals which contained many of his project drawings, studies, and theories. Leonardo was born in…