Leonardo Da Vinci Paintings - Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, Speculation about Mona Lisa, Virgin of the Rocks, Lady with an Ermine, Lucan Portrait of L (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Speculation about Mona Lisa, Virgin of the Rocks, Lady with an Ermine, Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi, Medusa, The Battle of Anghiari, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, La belle ferronniere, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Annunciation, Ginevra de' Benci, Bacchus, St. Jerome in the Wilderness, St. John the Baptist, The Holy Infants Embracing, Benois Madonna, Madonna of the Carnation, Portrait of a Musician, Madonna Litta, Salvator Mundi. Excerpt: Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo) is a portrait by the Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503-1519. It is on permanent display at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, Lisa del Giocondo, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work. The image is widely recognised, caricatured, and sought out by visitors to the Louvre, and it is considered the most famous painting in the world. Self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, executed in red chalk sometime between 1512 and 1515Leonardo Da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. According to Da Vinci's contemporary, Giorgio Vasari, ..".after he had lingered over it four years, left it unfinished...." It is known that such behavior is common in most paintings of Leonardo who, later in his life, regretted "never having completed a single work." He is thought to have continued to work on Mona Lisa for...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Speculation about Mona Lisa, Virgin of the Rocks, Lady with an Ermine, Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi, Medusa, The Battle of Anghiari, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, La belle ferronniere, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Annunciation, Ginevra de' Benci, Bacchus, St. Jerome in the Wilderness, St. John the Baptist, The Holy Infants Embracing, Benois Madonna, Madonna of the Carnation, Portrait of a Musician, Madonna Litta, Salvator Mundi. Excerpt: Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo) is a portrait by the Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503-1519. It is on permanent display at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, Lisa del Giocondo, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work. The image is widely recognised, caricatured, and sought out by visitors to the Louvre, and it is considered the most famous painting in the world. Self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, executed in red chalk sometime between 1512 and 1515Leonardo Da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. According to Da Vinci's contemporary, Giorgio Vasari, ..".after he had lingered over it four years, left it unfinished...." It is known that such behavior is common in most paintings of Leonardo who, later in his life, regretted "never having completed a single work." He is thought to have continued to work on Mona Lisa for...

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University-Press.Org

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September 2013

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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30

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978-1-230-52273-9

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9781230522739

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