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Battle Of Anghiari Mona Lisa
1,186 words... ten Milan in 1440. His painting showed "a cavalry battle, with tense soldiers, leaping horses and clouds of dust. " In the Battle of Anghiari Leonardo once again rejected the traditional Fresco technique and he used his own creation called encaustic, this did not work either. Leonardo left the work unfinished before leaving for a trip. The paint began to run and he never finished the project. This painting no longer exists but we see what it looked like by cartoons of it that Leonardo had ma...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Adoration Of The Magi
1,251 wordsThe objective of this essay is to provide an explanation of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work as an artist in context with his time spent in Milan. Following an initial introduction to Leonardo's formative years in Florence (and his apprenticeship to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio, 1435 - 88), I will attempt to explain the significance of his presence in Milan with detailed descriptions of his work there. Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 74) was also an artist and architect, but is perhaps...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
3,788 wordsLeonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, the illegitimate son of Master Piero, a public notary, and his companion Caterina. Leonardo was the supreme example of Renaissance genius, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, the Florentine produced such masterpieces as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483), the Last Supper (1495 - 97), and Mona Lisa (1503 - 06). As an architect, Leonardo worked on the cathedral of Milan and the restoration of the cathedral at Piacenza. As an e...
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Duke Of Milan Battle Of Anghiari
2,451 wordsPainter, sculptor, inventor. Born April 15, 1452 near the village of Vinci, Italy. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of Florence, who had no other children until much later. Ser Piero raised his son himself, a common practice at the time, arranging for Leonardo's mother to marry a villager. When Leonardo was 15, his father apprenticed him to Andrea del Verrocchio, the leading artist of Florence and a characteristic talent of the early Renaissance. A sculptor, ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Battle Of Anghiari
1,268 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci have proved endlessly fascinating for later generations. What most impresses people today, perhaps, is the immense scope of his achievement. In the past, however, he was admired chiefly for his art and art theory. Leonardo's equally impressive contribution to science is a modern rediscovery, having been preserved in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known only in the 20 th centur...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Ahead Of His Time
956 wordsLeonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Florence, Italy. Ever since birth he was in love with the study of science and art. Leonardo da Vinci did not only influence his culture with his art work, but with his numerous inventions and his study on the human body. Leonardo was a determined man who changed his culture by going against his society and following his dreams. By following his dreams he did what no man had ever done before. Leonardo introduced a new style of painting and sculptin...
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Duke Of Milan Battle Of Anghiari
2,365 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci was born in the year 1452 in a town called Vinci. His name -Da vinci- actually means from the town of Vinci. At fifteen Leonardo moved to Florence with his father. His father recognized Leonardo's artistic talents, and showed them to his good friend, Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio was a painter and a sculptor. Verrocchio was so impressed when he saw Leonardo's work that he took Leonardo to be his apprentice at the young age of only about fifteen. In 1472 Leonardo was appoint...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
3,304 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci was born on April 14, 1452 in the town of Vinci near Florence Italy. He kept the name of his town for his last name. He lived during the fifteenth century, a period when the people of Europe were becoming interested in art. This period of time was known as the Renaissance period. Leonardo Da Vinci was very talented. He was a great artist, but he became famous because he was able to do so many other things. He was an architect, a musician, inventor, sculptor, scientist, and math...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Battle Of Anghiari
2,293 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci 2000 - 07 - 02 Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art, science, and humanity are still among the most important that a single man has put forth, definitely making his a life worth knowing. Da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, is credited with being a master painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. He was born an illegitimate child to Catherina, a peasant girl. His fath...
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