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I decided to study and research the work of Leonardo Da Vinci. The reason I decided to study Leonardo Da Vinci was because of his revolutionary visions of science and art. On top of being an incredible artist he was also a brilliant visionary with incredible ideas. While I was aware of his great achievements in science and the arts I wanted to know the methods he used when creating his masterpieces while also understanding the advance science he was involved in during his time.

Artists during the Renaissance period were very creative with their masterpiece. Any creation that shows beauty and mystery is a form of art. From painting portraits of beautiful scenery on canvas, to sculpting a marble statue of gods, and enhancing beautiful architect. During the Early Renaissance period through the High Renaissance period, artists painted biblical figures to mythical stories, such as Hans Baldung Grien art of the Witches’ Sabbath, which was created out of a panel of wood. His work of art displays a mythical story that people believe were true, “Witchcraft”. Hans Baldung Grien representation of the witches in his woodcutting technique as evil females casting spells.

Leonardo Da Vinci was a successful man in more areas than artwork. From the time he was a boy, he began studying the arts as well as the ideas of science, medicine, machinery, and much more. Da Vinci’s history is reflected in his paintings and inventions that have been able to change the world of then and now. Leonardo’s artistic vision led him down a prosperous path of life that has made him one of the most innovative individuals the world has seen. With the help of a lot of childhood exposure to the arts, along with the natural creativity born inside of him, Leonardo Da Vinci changed the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through his work.

Since I am taking the Beauty and Creativity class along with science this summer I decided to go over the topic of "The work of Leonardo de Vinci on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting". Just like in science art uses almost the same way of discovery as science. Of course they do not use the scientific flowchart like we do, but they do use others ideas to come up with new ideas. This is apparent especially in painting. If we look at the time line Leonardo Di Vinci was born in the time of 1452-1519. This was right in the middle of the renaissance. There were many events and many different styles of painting that led up to the oils that Di Vinci used. For example the paintings of Van Eyke proved to be very important to the style

In the history of art, what does a painter need to do to capture his audience and put on the canvas the world as he sees it? Leonardo Da Vinci was a sculptor, architect, an inventor, an engineer, a musician, a scientist and also a painter. With all these talents he saw the world in a different way than most of us do. We can see this represented in his paintings. In his article, Chemical Analysis and Painted Colours: the Mystery of Leonardo's Sfumato, Philippe Walter states that "Colours seem to melt from one to another. Leonardo blurred the contours and softened the transitions between colours, making shadows like smoke."(1) Artists achieved this by using a glaze and the correct drying steps to bring reality to their paintings. This technique

Leonardo da Vinci is a world famous Italian artist most commonly known for painting the Mona Lisa painted in 1517. But Leonardo was more than just a painter, he was a scientist, and an inventor. He was well known as someone who challenged the original thinking. He wanted to improve the quality of his work. He originally that what the previous artists thought was what was true, he began to look into the planets and the functions of the eye. He found that what the previous artists thought wasn’t true. He began to question the interaction of light and our eyes. He began to look into perspective in artwork. Perspective is what makes the painting look more than just one dimensional. He was very interested in what our eyes did and how it related

I learned that Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneer at painting. He used logic and math to try to understand the way shadows work. He also tried to understand how the sun could help see other primary colors and he tried to understand this by using the sun and a white wall. This is when he used angles and coloring to try to understand how this colors could reflect according to the position of the sun. As he started painting and integrating oil paint, he found that he was also able to build up the consistency of the paint and make the paint more realistic. I think what Leonardo was found as he started painting was that he could utilize light and shadows to make his works stand out and represent real life. I think he also

I was very intrigued to learn more about Leonardo Davinci and his discovery on the different kind of elements found in art. I am an art major and although I learn about these artist and their inspirations all the time. I always love to continue research on them because it fascinates me. It’s amazing how most of the greatest artist came from way back then. They didn’t have technology like we have so I feel like they were more inspired and more Intune with creativity. In one of the articles I found in my researching it seemed to me that Leonardo was motivated somewhat by shadows. Shadows come in very different shapes and sizes. It has different perspective. It can change depending on the kind of light that is hitting it. Leonardo also looked

The discovery I chose to study is art. "The work of Leonardo DA Vinci on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting." Right now I am in a Humanities class and currently learning on the subject of the arts and how there are various different methods and ways artists use light, shadows and colors. Leonardo DA Vinci is famous for the ways he uses these methods in his own art. His motivations for his art was that he was concerned about the laws of science and nature. One of the methods he used to help him with his discoveries of art is that "he had tiny notebooks, which he carried around in his pocket so he could jot down ideas as he traveled. When he came home others can conjecture that he had two main piles of notes, which were large

Leonardo using a mode of painting called “sfumato,” which means soft or blurred and the use of this technique is what allowed him to achieve a more realistic appearance. Da Vinci was one of the greatest and most creative minds during the Italian Renaissance and also a huge influence on artists in the following generations.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s art could be categorized as Renaissance Art, or art that embodies the Renaissance humanist ideal. His medium for his art stretched from his sketches in his notebooks to using oil on wood for his paintings. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Art did not stop at just sketches and paintings however, he was also a sculptor architect and engineer. Leonardo Da Vinci’s art scale was not or cannot be subjected to one group, but ranges from small sketches to his massive eight foot by eight foot paintings and his engineering designs. Leonardo’s ability to mix science and art in sketches such as the Vitruvian Man, with idea and knowledge of proportions and how the body is proportioned fascinates me and I am very impressed with his ability to bring

After going through the modules and learning many art history areas and well known artist master, There understanding of style mixed with cultural and religion just examples the passion these masters had. one of the most known portrait painting throughout the world was the Mona Lisa painted in 1503-6 by Leonardo Da Vinci. His work slowly transformed High Renaissance painting into a form of artistic creation that was unlike in the entire world, The use of "chiaroscuro" (light and dark modulated to create effects of relief or modeling), "sfumato"(misty, soft blending of colors) and a real perspective, which indicates the distance by grading tones and muting colors contrasts.

- Michelangelo experimented with style, technique, light, shade, colour and subject matter which shaped the difference in the Renaissance period.

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.

In the article I found, “The Colors of Leonardo's Shadows” by Francesca Fiorani, Leonardo is described as obsessed with shadows and colors. In the words of Fiorani, the perspective he had on shadows and colors were the result of observing the “reflections of surrounding objects and from their own light source” With his studies and observations, he answered different question such as, Why Shadows Cast by Bodies on White Walls are Blue? And he even wrote a paper about the subject. It was very interesting to see his drawings explaining how shadows are cast and the effects many aspects such the light passing through a irregular pinhole.