The art piece that I chose to critique is the sculpture of a figure kneeling down and getting shocked. It is located on campus near the Morris University Center(muc). When I first saw this sculpture it caught my attention immediately, because of how gruesome the piece was. I feel like I don’t have a good understanding of what the sculpture represents, but it seems like it would raise plenty of controversy, due to its erotic features. It seems like the artist was venting his emotions when he created his idea. The sculpture is fairly large in size, which makes it noticeable, among the other art pieces on campus. The sculpture media consist of wood and concrete, and metal mostly. The individual is keeling down toward the west and is supported
Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy, in the year 1452. Born into the Renaissance era, da Vinci was a possessor of a curious mind and keen intellect. He not only built his occupation as an artist, but also as a mathematician, inventor, writer, draftsman, and engineer. Although he received no formal education, da Vinci was able to understand the engineering behind many of his designs, some of which included the tank and crossbow (on a larger scale). As an artist, some of his ideal works included Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Virgin of the Rocks.
Born Vinci, Italy in the year of 1452, Da Vinci was born into a respected family of the community. Early on in his life, his artistic talents were evident and he was sent to Florence to be an apprentice to the respected artist Andrea del Verrocchio. Under the guidance of Verrocchio, Da Vinci acquired a variety of skills which he would later master. Da Vinci learned skills such as metalworking, sculpting and carpentry. Equipped with a wide
The Mona Lisa is a very popular, and well known oil painting, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The painting is quite simple, it presents a portrait of a woman sitting in front of a distant landscape. Her face is expressionless; she is looking off to the side with a faint smirk. Similar to other Renaissance paintings, Mona is drawn with almost no personality or thought. The influence of the Mona Lisa on the Renaissance, and even modern day, has been enormous. This is because of the expression of realism. Mona’s smile represents more of a human-like expression rather than supernatural.
On behalf of the Brisbane Museum, I welcome you to the exhibition of Renaissance Change Maker Leonardo da Vinci’s renowned painting, the Mona Lisa. Today, I will prove that Leonardo da Vinci significantly influenced the Italian Renaissance through his world famous painting the Mona Lisa. Created around 1503, he changed
Listed as having the highest insurance value of a painting in history by Guinness World Records, it would demand upwards to $780 million if it were to go to auction. A painting so transcendent of time, yet so indicative of the Renaissance. Ever since I was very young, I have always been inexplicably enamored by the Mona Lisa. Whether the reason for this deep affection is her soft smile, gentle position, the mystery associated with her through the dreamy background, or a combination; she became the background of my computer, my favorite painting, and my love. So, I was enthralled about the opportunity to read the 2014 book Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered by Dianne Hales. Above the synopsis on the back of the book reads a quote, "Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: meet the woman who became the most recognized artistic subject of all time—Mona Lisa." Recognizing the supreme worth and love devoted to this painting by Leonardo da Vinci, the book explores the mysterious identity of the one of the world 's most recognizable women, and the context surrounding the portrait.
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, anatomist, botanist, writer, and architect in the 15th and 16th centuries. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the village of Vinci, Italy, 25 miles west from the city of Florence on April 15th, 1452. He was the son of Ser Piero and a peasant girl named Caterina. A couple months after Leonardo’s birth, his father took custody of him and began to raise him alone, while his mother had remarried. This left Leonardo with no full siblings, but 17 half sisters and brothers (Museum of Science).
Leonardo da Vinci one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. Most notable for his works of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in the city of Vinci, Italy. He was raised by his father and stepmother till the age of 5 until his stepmother died, then he had gone to live in his father’s family estate with his grandparents and uncle. Soon later his father remarried to a twenty-year-old woman, which now Leonardo da Vinci was at the age of sixteen. Unfortunately, Leonardo Da Vinci’s father’s wife died too. Years later his father would remarry again two more times and leave him with a total of twelve children. Once Leonardo da Vinci became an adult his father became ill and died. Leaving Da
Similar to many other art movements, the beginning of the High Renaissance can be credited to one man, Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452 in modern day Italy. Considered a scientist, inventor, and artist, Da Vinci is arguably one of the greatest and most talented
Art Appreciation Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South and Madonna Enthroned are very similar images that were produced by very different cultures. Both images were produced during the 13th Century. The image of Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South was produced in Tibet during an interesting period of the country’s religious history. The branch of Tibetan Buddhism is led by a religious and sometimes political leader called the Dalai Lama. It was during the 13th Century during the reign of Kublai Khan, around the time of the production of this painting, that Tibet experienced the first incarnation of the Dalai Lama. One has to wonder if this painting is somehow related to that occurrence. According to
The evaluation of art comes from the premise of criteria. Criteria comes from the perspective of what people think, feel, and see towards art. Certain criteria are known to be true because people use biased opinions about art that are known to the world today; one criteria is aesthetic beauty and the exclusion of this criteria for art is art that is ugly. The category for this criteria is intended for the audience to view and see if they think the art is beautiful. Art is something that is interpreted by people so the audience decides whether or not the art is of aesthetic beauty, not the art itself. The other criteria is the amount of effort put into this piece. An exclusion to this criteria is if there was no effort or time put into the art piece at all. The intended category of this criteria is the artist because the artist is the one who has made the art and put the effort into
To whom it may concern at the Miami Art, History, and Music Institute, I write today with exciting news about a majestic piece of art that I am certain belongs in your Renaissance exhibit hall. The painting is by Leonardo Da Vinci, an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist; an overall Renaissance man. Perhaps Da Vinci is best recognized for his most well-known painting, the Mona Lisa. However, I am positive that if you were to exhibit the piece that I have found in your hall, it may bring notoriety to your museum and could possibly become even more famous than the Mona Lisa. The painting is called Ginevra de’ Benci.
Art is a form of human expression. Art can be seen as the artist sleight of hand on his mood. Art is in various media from posters to public wall of which we call “graffiti”. Art is elusive as the use of colors shapes and the surface used adds a new dimension. Art portrays various ideas, feelings such as triumph, love, happiness, sorrow and boredom in loss to mention a few. Art is beauty and creativity. During man’s evolution art has progressed over in its most primitive state up to its most modernized versions today.
The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa has to be one of my favorite paintings of all time and has lead me to use this specific painting as a topic for this paper. Not to mention the love I have for Leonardo da Vinci. I, myself have always been drawn to da Vinci’s paintings and all of his other achievements that he has given us during his life. I, like Leonardo da Vinci love art and science just as much as it seems he did. He shares a love of art and a fondness for science. It also seems that he loves a good mystery, and the Mona Lisa just happens to be one clouded in mystery. And I too love a good mystery.
Art History 3.6 Values such as personal, symbolic, religious and iconic can be shown in these three major artworks, Christian Boltanski’s 2010’s artwork ‘Personnes’, Damien Hirst’s 2007’s artwork ‘For the Love of God’ and Jeff Koons’s 1994 – 2010’s artwork ‘Balloon Dog/Balloon Rabbit’. Christian Boltanski’s “Personnes” reflects personal values as he believed