Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in the small town of Vinci, in Tuscany, near Florence. In 1466, Leonardo moved to Florence, where he entered the workshop of Verrocchio. During this time, da Vinci encountered such artists as Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, and Lorenzo di Credi. Early in his apprenticeship he painted an angel, and perhaps portions of the landscape, in Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ (Uffizi). In 1472, he was registered in the painters' guild and began his artistic career.
Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and genius who best represents the ideals of the Renaissance period. He was one of the greatest painters of all times. The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa are two of his best known paintings.
[CLASS EXERCISE] Da Vinci Code Movie Review
EXAMPLE 1 : Mona Lisa Painting
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Her smile is in the lower spatial frequencies. The horizon is significantly lower on the left than it is on the right. She appears larger from the left than on the right. Historically the left was female, the right was male.'
(Da Vinci code movie, DVD, Chapter 5)
(Da Vinci code movie, DVD, Chapter 5)
EXAMPLE 2 : The Last Supper Painting
'How many wineglasses are there on the table? No single cup. No chalice. That's a bit strange isn't it? Considering both the Bible and standard Grail legend celebrate this as the definitive arrival of the Holy Grail.'
'How many wineglasses are there on the table? No single cup. No chalice. That's a bit strange isn't it? Considering both the Bible and standard Grail legend celebrate this as the definitive arrival of the Holy Grail.
AND THE ANSWER IS :
Quote from the movie " 'The female symbol is called the chalice.' 'And the chalice resembles a cup or vessel, or more importantly the shape of the woman's womb. The Grail has never been a cup. It is quite literally this ancient symbol of womanhood. And in this case, a woman who carried a secret so powerful that if revealed, it would devastate the very foundations of Christianity.' "
[Personal Review] The Conclusion
Almost all Da Vinci artwork will not been conclude as easy as read the book. It have a very high art value inside of all the artwork. It definitely will be related to his life weather in term of religious or maybe the culture at that particular time.
One more thing, Leonardo indeed did communicate through his paintings. With most artists and their work, there is usually a message conveyed, though this message can be more emotional than intellectual.
With Leonardo, alongside the emotional content, he used symbols within the paintings. Such examples are the Ermine in 'Lady with the Ermine' to denote the symbol of the sitters' lover, Ludovico Sforza and the juniper bush which in Italian was a pun on the sitters' name, Ginevra De Benci. The Mona Lisa's swollen fingers are also believed to denote that she is pregnant.
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