history was the theft of Mona Lisa at The Louvre in Paris‚ France in 1911. Italian workman Vincenzo Perugia was irritated to see an Italian masterpiece in a French museum‚ so he removed Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the wall while he was alone in the room and walked out of the museum with the painting under his smock. For about two years‚ the painting was missing‚ but its popularity grew as the French public would stand in lines to view the blank space where the Mona Lisa had lived. Two years after
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Over 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre every year. Da Vinci had an amazing talent at portraying light and shadow in his artwork‚ as well as physical objects and their landscape. He may have not be credited with the ideas of many inventions‚ but his sketches were the basis
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For my project I selected to use the Mona Lisa Portrait. The reason for me selecting this painting was because it is the world’s most famous painting. For hundreds of years people have been astounded by this painting. Not only is this painting one of the most well known artworks it is also the most valuable. The small painting is estimated to bring nearly 1 Billion dollars if it were ever to be sold at auction. One of the main reasons The Mona Lisa is famous is because many people wrote about
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30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci by Marina Wallace is a well written‚ informing book. One main idea from the book is that Leonardo’s “most celebrated”‚ page 111‚ work is the “Mona Lisa”. On page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is the “...most celebrated‚ most imitated” of his works‚ also on page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is a “… iconic example of Leonardo’s genius. A second main idea from the story is that Leonardo was very ahead of his time in reference to warfare. On page 102 it states
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However‚ no matter how breathtaking the Mona Lisa may be‚ there are many reasons why the School of Athens qualifies as the greatest creation of the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa was an unfinished piece‚ with its missing eyebrows and mysterious smile‚ there were clear signs that the artist did not get to fully finish the piece. After the “completion” of this piece
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Leonardo never finished his work in a short period time he always took a few years or more to complete them in means for his most famous pieces. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous pieces of his collection. Mona Lisa is the best known‚ most visited‚ most written about‚ the most sung about and the most replicated art painting in the world. Mona was a painting of another man’s wife that had been asked to be painted. Leonardo never returned the painting back to the couple even though he was paid
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat was a painter and a graffiti artist. His work is mostly composed of graffiti‚ paintings on canvas and other mixed media compositions. Basquiat seemed interesting because‚ even though he did not live a long time‚ his life seemed to be filled with drama. His works seem interesting because they have a story behind them and they are supposed to be very political. Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960‚ in Brooklyn‚ NY. Basquiat ’s mother‚ Matilde
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The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci mostly known as Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian renaissance polymath such as in: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist and writer. His genius‚ perhaps more than that of any other figure‚ epitomized renaissance humanist ideal. Born on April the 15th 1452 in Vinci Italy. Young Leonardo was raised by his father Ser Piero and step mother. When Leonardo
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There are not many men in the history of the world that have inspired‚ influenced and revolutionized the modern world as Leonardo da Vinci has. His works in Arts‚ Science‚ Engineering and many others has influenced many people in their respective fields. His works in Engineering such as the designing of a machine that can fly has gone on to influence the Wright brothers who invented the airplane. His research in Anatomy and other biological works has made pathways for surgeons‚ doctors‚ and many
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Imagine you are born in 1452 as the illegitimate son of a legal specialist‚ and a peasant woman. Because of this‚ his parents could not raise Leonardo da Vinci‚ so his parent’s family raised him in Vinci. This is a problem that he faced his entire life. While he was truly loved by his parents‚ he was never truly accepted by society. However‚ the criticism he faced in his early years quickly vanished as a result of his achievements. Because he had such a wide variety of skills and knowledge‚ he is
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