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... They are: Leonardo de Vinci’s Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling. ... (The Art Millennium 2003)
A great example of this is Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa that seems so real that many writers have tried to analyze and explain the reason for her inward amusement and beauty. ... (Mona Lisa del Gioconda 2001)
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his fathers estate in Vinci, Italy. ... In 1472 Leonardo was accepted into the painters guild at Florence, where he remained for the next ten years. In 1482, Leonardo was hired by the duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, to be artist and engineer in residence. ... There he completed six paintings: two portraits of the Last Supper, two versions of The Virgin of the Rocks, and a decorative ceiling painting in the Castello Sforzesco. ... In the early 1500s, Leonardo returned to his home city. ... (Life of an Artist 2003)
The most well known piece to survive from this time period was the famous "Mona Lisa", which is now in the Louvre in Paris. For ten months during 1502, Leonardo served as military adviser and engineer. During the years 1513 to 1516, Leonardo was in Rome at the invitation of Cardinal Giuliano de Medici, brother of Pope Leo X. ... In May 1506 Charles dAmboise, governor of Milan for the king of France, invited Leonardo to return to that city. ... Leonardo spent the last three years of his life in the palace of Cloux, near the kings residence at Amboise, near Tours. ... (Life of an Artist 2003)
Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris. ... The Mona Lisas enigmatic expression, which seems both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal fame. What strikes us first is the amazing degree to which Lisa looks alive. ... No matter where you go in the world, everyone knows of the "Mona Lisa". ... Another fact which makes it even more peculiar is that Leonardo always kept a log of the models which he had used, yet there is no record of who modeled for the "Mona Lisa".
Leonardo himself loved the portrait, so much so that he always carried it with him until eventually in France it was sold to François I, either by Leonardo or by Melzi. We see that Leonardo has used the means of his sfumato with the utmost deliberation. ... Now it is precisely these parts, which Leonardo has left deliberately indistinct, by letting them merge into a soft shadow. That is why we are never quite certain in what mood Mona Lisa is really looking at us. ... Leonardo has done a very daring thing, which perhaps only a painter of his consummate mastery could risk. ... But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Mona Lisa del Gioconda, 2001)
Under the study of Verrocchio as a painter and a sculptor, Leonardo da Vinci was able to use his skills in creating a very detailed piece of art, which is located in Santa Maria delle Grazie. ... His portrayal of the characters and the symbolism combined to tell the biblical story of the "Last Supper".
Approximate Word count = 2933
Approximate Pages = 11.7
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