Mona Lisa

with its contextual value. Though, beyond allowing the value of the work itself to be judged by popularity or monetary value, these factors can reveal a shift in the hierarchy of values held by society at the time of its unveiling. For example, The Mona Lisa (1503-6) revolutionized visual art of its time by separating portrait paintings from the standard side-viewing without any background and moved to include a full frontal view of a woman whose clothing and features are clear and accented by…

movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, Mannerism and Romanticism, according to http://www.spanish-art.org/spanish-painting-early.html. Diego Velazquez, qualified as a master painter at the age of 18 years old according to the book “The Annotated Mona Lisa”. The book also states Velazquez at the age of 24, became the country’s most esteemed painter and would…

Human proportions were more accurate during this time period and paintings included more light and luminous colors. Linear perspective, shading and other methods of realism were finally mastered during the High Renaissance. Paintings such as the Mona Lisa which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, and Venus of Urbino which was painted by Titan, are two examples of High Renaissance paintings. Both these paintings provide realistic human structure and proportion, shading, and a visible background…

Heros in the past. some of the people in the past changed history that effected the future."For Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, courage ment refusing to give up her seat on a public bus." (Source 1) She was standing up for her rites at the time on the bus. "When Rosa parksboarded that bus in 1955, she sat down in the first row of seats designated fo African Americans. Montomery law reserved the front ten rows of seats on the bus for white passengers. Sometimes the buses became very crowded…

around 20 years before titian was born. He is well knowen for the ghent alterpice which is 12 medium sized paintings put together in to one big alterpice. leonardo da vinci lived around the same time aswell and he is very well known for painting the mona lisa. titian was reconiced as one of the grestest painters of his time which is rare for an artist because fame usualy come after their death. December of 1548…

The Renaissance was a period in time,of learning, and creativity. During the renaissance people like leonardo da vinci, Shakespeare, Rafeal, they changed the way we think and processes the world itself. Where it all started was the Italian Renaissance after the black death, the people in the middle ages started to question a lot, like why did the government did not protect them. So the people that were once dumb began to flourish to bright smart and creative people. The Italian renaissance…

galleries around the world. She started the piece in 1990 and it is part of her Carnal Art platform which her mission is to portray the idea of the beauty of women by acquiring certain features painted by male artist such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Botticelli's Venus, Jean-Léon Gérôme's Psyche, and Diana 16th-century French School of Fontainebleu painting. She stated that she chose those pieces because of their representation not particular there looks and will continue to until she has…

da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work---- which includes “Virgin Rocks,” “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa”----- have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance. [Leonardo was also the inventor of the bicycles, parachutes, submarines, Anemometer, Flying machines, Helicopter (Aerial Screw), 33-Barreled…

The first question that comes to mind when people mention about graffiti is whether it is a crime when people paint on the walls, trains or subways or not. A great number of people assume that graffiti is a type of crime because art belongs only on canvas. However, these people seem not to know what the definition of art is. What is more, they do not care about talented graffiti artists. For this reason, graffiti is definitely a type of art. So, graffiti ought to be agreed as a kind of art…

inherently inferior. For women, this has created limited access to opportunities and societal resources. As this clip from Mona Lisa Smiles, portrays a captivating speech from a woman regarding her class of white, female students, she directly confronts this group of young women on the…