Mona Van Duyn

posts, some of them do not make any sense and it is no secret that the posts were rushed and not thought through clearly. I think it is obvious that I was most interested in Module 4: The High Renaissance. I seriously had too many words to discuss the Mona Lisa. My post was detailed and my comments were as well. As I go back and read the comments that were left to my post, I see that most people agreed with what I said and thought it was a great post overall. Another thing I noticed that…

He studied several different forms of art such as: painting, sculpting, engineering, music, and writing. He is considered the most diversely talented artist because of this. (Leonardo) Da Vinci created the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Michelangelo was another influential artist of his time. He sculpted the statues Pieta and David, some of his most famous works of art. Two other widely known works of art are the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the Creation…

with many things from science to architect. He is what is considered the perfect man of that time. He is a once in a lifetime person, I do not believe the world will ever experience a man like him. Leonardo is most known for his art, for example, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But, there is so much more to him than that, he has dozens of journals filled with theories and observations, he was not appreciated as much as he should have for his work, this is because his work was so complex that…

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…

The squealing pig demonstration of Galen is one of the most famous single physiological demonstrations of all time that even Leonardo da Vinci was inspired to produce a beautiful drawing of the recurrent laryngeal nerves (Gross, 1997). According to Gross (1998), it was Galen’s squealing pig demonstration that brought the first experimental and publicly repeatable evidence that the brain controls behavior. In his time, Galen even made lengthy arguments against Stoic philosophers, implying in…

His most famous works, The Mona Lisa (1503–1519), and The Last Supper (1495–1498), represent how the artist is considered the best painter ever. The Last Supper depicts Christ and his 12 disciples and their reactions, after he says to them, “One of you will betray me.” It is considered a perfect composition and shows such particular emotions on the faces of the disciples that no other artist could achieve. In the Mona Lisa, Da Vinci presents a woman, that is debated to be…

that took place in the period is one of the humanism or the focus on the human being. One of the master artists of this time is Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) and one of the paintings that best represents the philosophy and art of this period is the Mona Lisa. The philosophy of humanism brought on a time where the focus was on the human being. The previous philosophy of the medieval time was more focused on biblical motivation, whereas humanism was not. Humanism stood for the; " the emergence of…

Leonardo Da Vinci was a brilliant man and largely self-educated genius whose work is marveled by many from all over the world. He influenced and inspired those around him, because of his ingenious mind. Leonardo had a variety of interests, including painting, anatomy, flying, and other scientific studies. He had much interest in science and nature, but not much in religion and spiritual matters. Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 and was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero and a young…

Leonardo Da Vinci created some of the most iconic works of art throughout his career in painting. Those works of art include The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, these being his two most famous works. Since the 1500s copious amounts of money have been spent on protecting and restoring these works of art to ensure that future generations get to experience the artistry of Leonardo Da Vinci. These two works of art are greatly valued because they represent Da Vinci's passion for art, experimentation, and…

There are many artists well recognized around the world for the marvelous works they have done as individuals. The two artists that caught my eye in the early stages of the course were Tom Otterness and Magdalena Abakanowicz. Their artwork just stood out the most among their colleagues to me. In this essay, I shall speak about their backgrounds and some of their artworks that they have produced throughout the years. Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. He moved to New York City in…