Leonardo’s Mona Lisa v. Michelangelo’s David The Mona Lisa‚ painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1503-6‚ is oil on panel. It is a three quarter portrait of a young‚ Florentine woman. She is sitting in a chair with her torso twisting around to face the viewer. Her hands are resting on the arm of the chair. Behind the woman in the background is a landscape very characteristic of many Leonardo paintings. The Mona Lisa was painted toward the end of Leonardo’s career. In contrast‚ the David created by
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top of the pot looks as though the cat is scared. 6.) Title: Annunciation Artist: Unknown I really liked the way the artist has the angel looking down on the woman. The angel looks as though she is watching over the woman. 7.) Title: Pieta Artist: Peter Breuer The carving in the wood is very detailed. The look on Jesus’s face looks as though Jesus is lifeless. 8.) Title: Mother of Sorrows (Master Dolorosas) Artist: Master of the Stotteritz Alter The redness around her eyes‚ looks
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Book 3 China’s treasure ships were part of a fleet that was larger than any in history. Zhu Di‚ leader and prince of the Ming dynasty‚ wanted the fleet of 317 wooden treasure ships all over 400 feet long. The prince wanted nothing but the best. The silk sails were a traditional red. The ships were used to carry cargo for trade. What amazes me is the boldness of the ships. Red silk sails and painted dragons and phoenixes sounds pretty impressive and coupled with the fact that they were so massive
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The sculpture’s material quality reflects that of other porcelain figurines of saints done in gold leaf and borrows the triangular composition of Michelangelo’s Pietà. Being fabricated using a gold and white Rococo palette‚ the appropriation of styles‚ technique‚ composition and ideologies is evident in the massive sculpture that measures at almost six feet in width; however the connotation between the original
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English Language December 2‚ 2008 Machiavelli. Or not? Niccolo Machiavelli’s ideal princely duties include “all mercy‚ all loyal‚ all sincerity‚ all humanity‚ all religion” (Rebhorn). Italian born‚ he carries a passionate enthusiasm for the Florentine republic. The Da Vinci of politics‚ Machiavelli manipulates deceit and duplicity to pursue political goals. Machiavelli presents his political ideals of princely responsibility via his legacy “The Prince”. Claimed as a paramount political activist
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Vinci still considered one the greatest and his is one of the most influential artists in history. He is famous for the Mona Lisa this painting is the most famous because of its mystery. We are uncertain if the painting is portrait of the wife of Florentine citizen Francesco Del Giocondo‚ as everyone had believed. Mona Lisa’s has an enigmatic smile and it remains that her smile is a subject of speculation. She was to believe to be a middle class woman who lived in Florence. The painting is still at
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A Different Perspective By: Alex Romero The classic illusion that transcended most artistic techniques that came before it was linear perspective. It was an innovative concept that gradually crept into many Renaissance art pieces and changed the way art of that time was viewed. With artists such as Brunelleschi and Donatello adopting it and using it in their pieces‚ the movement that linear perspective was creating gained momentum and took off with it as one of the most significant characteristics
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The Decameron: A Feminist or Misogynist text? Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the leading Italian writers in the 1300s and has been considered as the father of Italian writing style through his composition of one hundred novelle. The Decameron continuously pictures women not as the objects of discussion but as the active producers and interpreters of their actions. Women are portrayed as they are or as they should be; they are shown to be as aggressive as men are while at the same time they can be
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because the artist has used the light on her face to brighten it which makes it a bold portrait. The last of the Italian pieces‚ Madonna and Child and Two Angels‚ with Twelve Scenes from the Passion by The Magdalene Master and an Unknown Florentine Painter was a very gory depiction of what Jesus went through while he lived here on earth. There are engraved holes around the head pieces of the woman and child in the center of this portrait. The beauty of this tempura painting is that the colors
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Angolo Bronzino: An Allegory with Venus and Cupid 1540-1550 57 ½ x 46” This strange and erotic painting‚ was painted by‚ Angolo Bronzino somewhere in the mid 1540’s. Its obscure images‚ exaggerated poses‚ and graceful forms are characteristic of the mannerist period. It is said to have been commissioned by Cosimo de Medici the Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ which was then given as a gift to King Francis‚ who was known for his “lusty appetites”. This is a very dynamic
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