A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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Point #3 in Body (Point: The full picture) The woman is shown seated in an open area‚ and behind her is a vast landscape‚ which recedes to an icy mountain. Some winding paths and a far away bridge is also perceptible in the background. The Mona Lisa is perhaps Leonardo DaVinci’s most famous of paintings. It is an oil painting‚ painted on poplar wood. The painting is most famous for the smile of the woman‚ which people have been trying to decipher for a long time. Many believe that the portrait
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The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is perhaps Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous of paintings. It is an oil painting‚ painted on poplar wood. The painting is most famous for the smile of the woman‚ which people have been trying to decipher for a long time. Many believe that the portrait is that of Da Vinci himself‚ while many also place a lot mystic connections with this painting. The portrait depicts a woman’s bust‚ with a distant landscape that is visible in the backdrop. Leonardo used a pyramid design
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Mona Lisa Smile The movie "Mona Lisa Smile" is set in the 1950s and deals with the starting feminist’s movement against traditional roles. The main character‚ "History of Art" teacher Katherine Watson‚ arrives at the conservative all-women college of Wellesley and tries to teach her really smart students not only art history but also independence. She also wants her students to know that their aim‚ namely getting married‚ does not have to be their only purpose of life‚ but that it is also possible
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Throughout history‚ there have been certain works of art that seem to never get old. Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is definitely one of them. I chose to explore this work of art because I never quite understood why it is so relevant. Although the “Mona Lisa” is a beautiful piece of art‚ its level of popularity has always intrigued me. It is one of the most well known paintings in the world‚ but many do not even consider it to be Leonardo Da Vinci ’s best work. I believe the popularity of the painting
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Why is the Mona Lisa One of the Most Famous Paintings in the World? The Mona Lisa has been one of the most debated paintings of all time. The look on the face of the women in this painting leaves a person’s mind wondering. No one really seems to know what this mysterious woman is thinking or feeling. The questions that cannot seem to be answered are what make this painting so famous. The reason for that is because it is raveled in mystery and secrets. All of the small details make the painting stand
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Speculations about Mona Lisa From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Mona Lisa‚ by Leonardo da Vinci‚Louvre Museum The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa‚ or La Gioconda (La Joconde)‚ painted in oil on a poplarpanel by Leonardo da Vinci‚ has been the subject of a considerable deal of speculation.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Columns and trimming 2 Landscape 3 Other versions 4 Nude versions 5 Smile 6 Infrared scan 7 Eyebrows and eyelashes 8 Subject 8.1 High cholesterol 8.2 Letters and identity of model 9 References
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limited to royal and religious figures‚ nor were they over idealized portrayals. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa exemplifies this trend. Working with the new medium of oil and his mastery of light‚ contrast‚ and sfumato‚ da Vinci created the most famous painting in the world; a work where subject and background compliment each other to form a perfect union. One of the aspects that make the Mona Lisa such a masterpiece is da Vinci’s use of oil as a medium. As the movie The Mystery of Jon van Eyck explains
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My Grandma’s really into buying bootleg DVD’s at the Flea Market and picked up Mona Lisa Smile. I didn’t see it in theaters but I heard awful reviews of it. Everything from "this movies doesn’t make sense‚" to "just feminist garbage". Bored off my mind one night‚ I decided to pop the DVD in and have a look with my cousin. Both her and I agreed it was one of the best movies we had ever seen! We loved every character‚ we thought it was so well done‚ and the plot was just amazing. There is not one
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The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci which is one of the most famous works of art in the world and it is an oil painting on a poplar wood panel. This is demonstrated by the fact that it is the most visited and viewed painting in the world. Leonardo Da Vinci‚ the famous Italian artist‚ painted the Mona Lisa between the years of 1504 and 1519 when Leonardo was living in Florence. The painting is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gheradini‚ the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo
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