self portrait paper
Ryan Foley
Humanities 101
Self Portrait Paper
September 28, 2013
Born April 15, 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle, Francesco, in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl named Albiera, who admired and loved Leonardo but died an early death having a strong impact on him. Another thing to know about Leonardo to help you understand his early art is that Court records of 1476 show that Leonardo along three other young men were charged with sodomy, and there are no records of his whereabouts for the year to follow. Leonardo received an informal education in Latin, geometry and mathematics. People spoke of Leonardo’s personality ,imagination and level of intelligence as super human.
Leonardo’s self-portrait exhibits many aspects of the principles of design. Leonardo used red colored chalk to illustrate himself he has also used small consistent line strokes on the beard to give it a melting like texture, rounding shape that complements the top of his head and it gives the portrait movement while the corresponding lines of the beard give it rhythm, also his clever way of shading gives the painting balance and symmetry because he has shaded the left side very dark and leaves the right side with a very light shading making his balance give off tension. Leonardo gives his eyes dominance in the photo by heavily darkening them in and the details around grabbing the interest of the viewer. The overlapping lines in Leonardo’s beard seem to create a sense of unity making the whole facial structure blend together. Varity is not used much here in my opinion because of how well the portrait is balanced the only example I can find of Varity is the
Humanities 101
Self Portrait Paper
September 28, 2013
Born April 15, 1452 in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, was born with no surname his full name being "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci." Little is known of Leonardo’s early up bringing besides him spending his first five years of life in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle, Francesco, in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl named Albiera, who admired and loved Leonardo but died an early death having a strong impact on him. Another thing to know about Leonardo to help you understand his early art is that Court records of 1476 show that Leonardo along three other young men were charged with sodomy, and there are no records of his whereabouts for the year to follow. Leonardo received an informal education in Latin, geometry and mathematics. People spoke of Leonardo’s personality ,imagination and level of intelligence as super human.
Leonardo’s self-portrait exhibits many aspects of the principles of design. Leonardo used red colored chalk to illustrate himself he has also used small consistent line strokes on the beard to give it a melting like texture, rounding shape that complements the top of his head and it gives the portrait movement while the corresponding lines of the beard give it rhythm, also his clever way of shading gives the painting balance and symmetry because he has shaded the left side very dark and leaves the right side with a very light shading making his balance give off tension. Leonardo gives his eyes dominance in the photo by heavily darkening them in and the details around grabbing the interest of the viewer. The overlapping lines in Leonardo’s beard seem to create a sense of unity making the whole facial structure blend together. Varity is not used much here in my opinion because of how well the portrait is balanced the only example I can find of Varity is the