Mona Lisa

their thoughts about human nature through detailed paintings. “The [clearest] evidence of the break with medieval culture comes from the visual arts” (Doc A). Comparing the art of the Madonna from the middle ages to the Renaissance painting of the Mona Lisa. Change in time is demonstrated by Leonardo da Vinci exceptionally detailed art,…

1495-1498 Leo works on “The Last Supper” which was commissioned by Ludovico for the Church of Santa Maria Della Grazie. This painting is one of the most religious symbols in Christianity. Some of Leonardo’s most known paintings are “The Last Supper”, “Mona Lisa”, “ The Vitruvian Man”, and “Lady with an Ermine”. In 1499 Leonardo spent a short time in Venice, and in 1500 Leonardo began the “Virgin and child with Saint Anne” which he did not finish until ten years later. In 1500 at age…

The Renaissance was a period of discovery, mainly in art, literature and science, during the 15th and 16th century. It was the rebirth or reawakening from what occurred in the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages, the Church and its teachings explained everything that happened in the world. Everything in the Middle Ages was “God centered.” Realism didn’t happen during this time period, and the people didn’t have the knowledge and interests for the world, like they did in the Renaissance. People…

Life! Said Helen Keller, is short, unpredictable and full of challenges. If you’ve ever faced a challenge that seemed impossible to surmount you’re not alone. What’s your greatest challenge? When I was growing up my greatest challenge was how to pass my end of term exams. I set the family record of the perennial school failure. Nine siblings, fifteen nephews and nieces! One generation later! This record is yet to be challenged. I remember the pain and embarrassment that would visit my poor soul…

However, not all art fit into the perfect mold of what we imagine. Marcel Duchamp used a urinal to create his artwork "Fountain, with the words "R. Mutt 1917" inscribed (Jacobus and Martin 372). Is Duchamp’s "Fountain" any less art than da Vinci 's "Mona Lisa"? Investigating the composition of art and looking at alternative arts may aid in understanding. To be considered art certain rules are used while evaluating a piece, these are form, content and participation. Artistic form explains how…

human anatomy, and machinery for war. Most of these were theoretical explanations. The documentation of his works consisted 13,000 pages of drawings and notes. Aside from this, was his infamous artwork. Apart from The Last Supper these included: Mona Lisa, Virgin of the Rocks and the Vitruvian Man. At age 14, da Vinci worked for Verrocchio, a renowned artist in Florence. This man…

All artworks have some type of value placed on them, be it by society or by the artist themself. Here, I will be discussing three artworks that all hold significant values, some different and some the same. Two of the works I looked at were readymades by Marcel Duchamp; ‘Fountain’, created in 1917, and ‘L.H.O.O.Q.’ in 1919. My other selected work is one of Picasso’s most famous oil paintings, ‘Guernica’. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ remains to be one of the most influential artworks of the 20th…

look at the work of four photographers which are Richard Billingham, Marjolaine Ryley, Helen Sear and Lisa Kokin. First I will talk about the background of each photographer then continue to analyse their work. I will also include their own opinions on their work as well as my own. I am more interested in Lisa as she has influenced me as I have sewn into some photographs to add details like Lisa has done in her work as part of my experimenting stage. The first photographer I am going to be…

had much in common with earlier times in Europe, it also began much that we still find in our modern world. So many achievements of the Renaissance have since been surpassed and yet others remain untouchable. Michelangelo’s David and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa are perhaps admired even more today than when they were created, centuries ago.As Europe transformed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, the daily life of the average person changed as well. People began to enjoy more luxuries, nicer…

The renaissance was a time of over 300 years which changed European history forever. The renaissance started in Italy and worked its way all throughout Europe. It was a time where arts and literature blossomed, advances in technology were evolutionary, and intellectual excitement flourished. The word renaissance means precisely this, rebirth. Prior to the renaissance was the middle ages. The middle ages was a time where most people were not educated and the only book they would own was the…