Mona Lisa

Italian artist Duccio DI Buoninsegna vs the Mona Lisa drawn by Leonardo DA Vinci , it shows that man has grown to reality over time the Madonna painting has religious meaning in the way of Mary holding baby Jesus usually held in the church this has a more distorted look, the Mona Lisa has more realistic characteristics as a combination of proportions and lighting in his paintings. Mona lisa is smiling and has a more realistic face as to the Madonna the Mona Lisa really brings realism in the…

fashions have changed with the ages, others seem to remain timeless. Long, lustrous and thick hair has for the most part continually remained popular, particularly among women. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has long hair, worn over the shoulders and with a straight parted in the center. Additionally, Mona Lisa appears to be wearing a thin veil covering her curly hair, and while these aspects of the images are different, the overall style of her hair is comparable to that of Kate Middleton who is…

The characteristics of paintings by important Renaissance artists Michelangelo - Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes. His works are characterized as monumental, muscular figures with reclining, twisted poses in his sculptures and painting compositions based on diagonal lines and curves . Michelangelo did not believe that beauty was guaranteed through the…

art piece of is the Mona lisa which was made in 1503 and 1504 and famous piece of art he made is The Last Supper he made this in between 1495 and 1498, My opinion on Leonardo da Vinci’s is that he is a wonderful artist and he not only used Oil paints for his art he used science and math because in my mind anything can be art. He was artist and inventor, His work inspired me to try art though i am not great at it my love for art came from when I first saw The Mona lisa . I hope to…

Often called the “Renaissance Man,” Leonardo da Vinci was well known for his achievements in the field of science and the portrait of the “Mona Lisa.” Other than studying in the field of science, he was a sculptor and an inventor. In the 1400’s, da Vinci’s observations, theories, and sketches in many of his secret notebooks were too advanced for his time while on the other hand, the knowledge he imparted had a great significance on modern day understandings. Leonardo da Vinci is a historic…

Primavera, painted by the Florentine Sandro Botticelli, is a beautiful artwork from the 1400’s most likely sanctioned by the Medici family in celebration of a wedding. The first element of this painting that draws me in is the exquisite talent of the artist shown in the drapery of the clothes the figures wear, particularly by the three women standing together on the left side of the painting, most likely picturing the Three Fates, characters from Greek and Roman myth. The drapery is very much…

of artwork. Throughout the novel it is discovered that the Mona Lisa is actually an anagram for the name Amon L'Isa, who is the Egyptian god and goddess of fertility. Just as Langdon said "not only does the face of the Mona Lisa look androgynous, but her name is an anagram of the divine union of male and female" (121). She is also said to have represented the sacred feminine and balance between sexes. Therefore this means the Mona Lisa does not have a gender and she represents that men and…

Renaissance, how did the Renaissance change man’s view of man? A great example of the difference in Renaissance art is a piece of Duccio di Buoninsegna. It is a two dimensional figure of a woman and her child. When compared to the Mona Lisa it shows a clear difference. The Mona lisa by…

Why Photoshop Needs to Change Did you know, according to Paige Woldt’s slideshow, 99% of photos in ads and magazines have been retouched by photoshop similar photographic enhancements? Photoshop is an Adobe software used to edit images.. The use of photoshop to make people look perfect is wrong. When people look at these magazines with photoshopped images they think that this is what they're supposed to look like. However, photoshop itself is not a bad thing. As Ms. Summers says in Don’t let…

With the birth of the Renaissance in Italy during the 14th century, emerged new and radical ideas which contradicted the orthodox teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Renaissance writers and artists, such as Machiavelli, da Vinci, and Raphael, blatantly challenged these teachings and values through the use of increasingly influential philosophies such as secularism, individualism, and humanism in their work. Secularism, the idea that religion should not be integrated with matters of the…