With “The Mona Lisa”, a lot comes to my mind, as well as to the minds of others when we all think of this painting. Some people would even say that this truly is a classic and timeless painting in the art world. Many people would agree. This is all true, and personally, I love this portrait for so many different reasons. This painting is really brilliant. It is a really well-known painting that has really captivated so many for centuries. This is a truly beautiful painting, especially to me.
“’Mona Lisa’, oil painting on a popular wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo Da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). This painting has become so important to many people. “Five centuries after its creation, the Mona Lisa remains a touchstone for people around the world” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). There are even different versions of the Mona Lisa. “At least a dozen excellent replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, many of them by the master’s students” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica).
The “Mona Lisa” has really made an impact, not just in art but even more than that as well. “Over the centuries this quintessential woman has taken on a new life in popular culture” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). There is so much that can be described in this beautiful painting that has captivated so many for so many years. “The sensuous curves of the sitter’s hair and
The Mona Lisa is a famous painting created by Leonardo Da Vinci. Art today has been sold for millions of dollars. Art is believed to be a great way to express emotion. There are many famous artists in the world and there still is even today. There are also many different forms of art, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, and many others. Art is a great way to express someone’s personality, skills, and other characteristics.
The Mona Lisa has been one of the most debated paintings of all time. The look on the face of the women in this painting leaves a person’s mind wondering. No one really seems to know what this mysterious woman is thinking or feeling. The questions that cannot seem to be answered are what make this painting so famous. The reason for that is because it is raveled in mystery and secrets. All of the small details make the painting stand out by being different from others and the details also make it far more remarkable as well. And surely, the smirk on the face of the Mona Lisa is the major key factor to the painting being so interesting. “Leonardo da Vinci was one of the
Art is one aspect of the past that has carried on for decades. Art in any form may it be poetry, novels, and playwright, sculpting as well as painting, has been an outlet for generations and continues to be an outlet and a means for expression. This paper will discuss “ The Mona Lisa” one of Da Vinci’s most famous paintings, as well as another great painting, Antonio Veneziano’s
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.
The very famous Mona Lisa was great inspiration for many other art pieces, but none as famous as itself except for Andy Warhol’s silkscreens of the Mona Lisa. It is said that he was so consumed by the famousness and celebrity that the painting created that he became obsessed with it for the rest of his life. His creation of his own Mona Lisa pieces, as well as his Jackie series and his Marilyn series and all the series that Warhol created of the many
Beginning with the renaissance period and it's artistic contributions to the period we find one of, if not the most famous piece of art ever, The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa exemplifies the renaissance period and the era of renaissance art itself. Michelangelo Buonarroti painted the Mona Lisa in 1517 A.D. He's most famous for his fresco's in the Sistine Chapel, specifically the ceiling. However, the Mona Lisa is arguably the most copied piece of all time. I happen to have a copy in my home which I couldn't imagine being without. "Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly from the 14th century to the 17th century. It saw some of the greatest artists in the history of mankind including Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti." July 10, 2017 (https://learnodo-newtonic.com/famous-renaissance-paintings)
Mona Lisa is famous for many reasons one because most of the artwork during the Renaissance period were of biblical events and scenes. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stood out among those artworks because it was not of a religious text or martyr. The painting is an introduction to sfumato which is a technique Da Vinci used at the corners of Mona Lisa’s lips and the corners of her eyes exploring natural emotion along with detailed realness of her hands. Mona Lisa is an excellent example of created illusions of space and depth within its beautiful landscape muted in the background (Totally History, 2012).
It is a portrait of young woman Lisa Gherardini in front of an imaginary background, her gaze forward. It is believed that Francesco del Giocondo was the one who commissioned the painting in honour of his wife, however the painting was found in the home of Leonardo da Vinci after his death, incomplete and therefore not making it into the hands of the commissioner. The portrait was painted between 1503 and 1506 and it is kept today in the Louvre, Paris. The choices evident in the portrait such as the landscape, the and famous smile, offer a sign of elegance used in the early 15th century, creating an appealing impact. The Mona Lisa is an oil painting on a popular wood panel, with evidence of warping used in the portrait. As Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian humanist during the height of the Renaissance, his artistic opinions immediately influenced his perspective on art which is made clear through his painting. The Mona Lisa shows these new opinions that were made, by breaking away and challenging the teachings of the Church. This is demonstrated in the artwork through the attention to detail and beauty
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.
Da Vinci’s accomplishments included one of the most famous paintings in the world and many inventions. The Mona Lisa is a very famous painting of a smiling politician which was rare because politicians had straight faces most of the time. The Mona Lisa was painted in 1507 in Florence, Italy which is where the
Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece the Mona Lisa established a new type of portraiture; da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa over the time period of 1503-1507, during the height of the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa is thought to be a portrait depicted of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The work itself is s a half-length portrait of a woman, which has been acclaimed to be the best known and the most visited, work of art in the world. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797. Prior to painting the Mona Lisa da Vinci also painted Ginevra de Benci, the first painting in Italy to portray a sense of unique personality and Lady with Ervine, a portrait of Cecelia Gallerani, all of which were front on portraits as opposed to profile.
Leonardo da Vinci is thought by some to have begun painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. This piece of art is known as "The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.” It was once owned by King Francis I of France, but as of now is the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.
The woman started been represented exuberant and full of vitality and a good example can be Bernini’s Ecstasy of Santa Maria, where Mary facing an angel pointing a dart at her, seems to have an expression of ecstasy, which characterize mystical inspirations. Many and varied are the women and madonna’s beautifully painted, and sculpted by the greatest artists in history, from Raphael to Michelangelo, from Donatello from Botticelli, but the most inspiring and famous one is without any doubts the Mona Lisa from Leonardo Da Vinci or as someone else likes to call it “La Gioconda”. The painting is preserved in the in the Paris museum Louvre, and is without any doubt the most famous in the world. To these days it still remains uncertain the identity of the woman
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.
The Mona Lisa has been largely unknown for 300 years. She is also known by the name La Gioconda because she was the wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. She is currently 500 years old with an interesting history. She was painted by Leonardo DaVInci and her purpose is unknown. Some believe it to be a self portrait of Leonardo himself as a cross dresser. Others believed that she's older than the rocks in which she sits and had died numerous times which seems outrageous. The mystery of her identity and smile has made her so famous. There are many things that scholars and viewers dont understand. For example, why does she have no eyebrows and what is her identity? These are questions that have been left unanswered.