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How Did Leonardo Da Vinci Contribute To Romanticism

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Leonardo Da Vinci was a talented writer, mathematician, scientist, architect, military engineer, and painter. His contributions to the fields that he studied in go almost unmatched and his talent is unparalleled and his spot in the annals is undeniable. As is common with most famous people, his success was met with some criticism due to his personal life choices and also his political and religious views.Despite his many talents this often put him at odds with the Vatican and the Catholic Church. Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452 in the hills of Tuscany. “Born out of wedlock to respected Florentine notary Ser Piero and a young peasant woman named Caterina, he was raised by his father and his stepmothers.” -Bio.com. When he …show more content…

For example, one of Da Vinci’s less famous paintings is one called Madonna of the Rocks, which shows the virgin Mary sitting and holding a protective hand over a toddler Jesus while an angel while an angel is drawing her hand across his throat like a blade while Saint John sits beside Mary. The group that commissioned the painting was furious at the way that the angel looked angry and was looking and the way she looked like she was trying to slit his throat. They demanded him to either censor this painting and give them something more pure or for him to create a whole new painting, which he did end up doing. He painted them an all new painting that was titled “Virgin of the Rocks”. This new painting fixed the strange hand position of the angel and made her face less “ Un Appealing” . The clients were pleased with this new rendition of the painting but this was certainly not the last time that Leonardo Da Vinci would get himself into trouble with his clients due to some “ Controversial” paintings …show more content…

The painting was to show the last meeting of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and his Apostles eating the bread that he claimed to be his body, and the wine that they were drinking that he claimed as his blood. The amazing master piece that Da Vinci created took roughly three long years to complete. This is amazing considering that Da Vinci, despite his amazing talents, often seemed to have a bad habit of “ Biting off more than he could chew” and leaving most of his projects unfinished. Despite this however Da Vinci created quite the masterpiece. The painting showed the emotions and tensions felt using body language and facial expressions to show how all of the Apostles felt as Jesus informed them that one of them was going to betray him. Despite being a beautiful rendition of the moment, Da Vinci had been sure to insert a secret meeting in there as he always seemed to be doing. For instance, this wasn't the only version of this meeting of Jesus and his followers. It had been recreated any different times by many different artists. One of the things that sets DaVincis version apart from the rest is the lack of halos. For example, in every single interpretation of this painting, Jesus and his 12 Apostles had all been seen with halos around their heads, implying they were angels with Jesus being the brightest as he was the son of God. Leonardo

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