Why Was Mona Lisa So Renowned?

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.

This study serves as a gender focused analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The original piece of artwork was painted with oil on a white poplar panel in Florence, Italy around 1503 during the latter part of Leonardo da Vinci’s life. The artist was an Italian Renaissance artist who had a wide variety of interests. The woman who is believed to be depicted in the painting is Lisa Gherardini, a wife and mother of five children who married to an older man named Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanobi del Giocondo at the age of only fifteen. The words “Mona Lisa” often translate to the words “Madam Lisa”. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of Mona Lisa has a strong resemblance to the description of the Virgin Mary, which during the Renaissance period was viewed as a representation of the ideal woman. The artist achieves a sense of softness around Mona Lisa’s eyes and mouth, portraying a kindness and calmness about the woman. Nevertheless, this painting was also one of the first portraits to have an imaginary background, Leonardo strategically placed this mysterious background at the woman’s eye level so that the two are related to one another. The background contains a large landscape with a very long path, cold mountains towards the distance, and a very small bridge right above her shoulder on the right side of the painting. Despite her very soft look, something about Mona Lisa and

One way the Renaissance signaled the start of the the modern era is through Art. In the Renaissance picture of Mona Lisa, it’s focus is shifting away from religion (Document A). Before the Renaissance, all of the pictures were based off the Catholic religion. In the Middle Ages it was a religious picture presented, but when the Renaissance rolled around, it started to look more like a modern day picture. The picture was a lady with a nature background. There was no religion in the picture. The Mona Lisa contained more natural movements and interests than the painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna.

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)

I think that art can have an effect on society. There are examples of this in numerous art works. Few works of art were painted at the right time and were able to break through enough boundaries to change the world around them, and few artists had this skill. One of these artists is Leonardo Da Vinci and his Masterpiece The Mona Lisa.

The woman in the “Mona Lisa” portrait was thinking about the emptiness and sadness in her life that I can see by looking at the puffiness and the darkness of the circles under her eyes. These are some signs of somebody under stress and lack of sleep. I also believe that she was thinking about her beauty. This is why she has that sweet and delicate smile. I cannot prove my thoughts. I am making a hypothesis base on physical appearance. Leonardo da Vinci has put on canvas deep and superficial emotions of his model. The experimental method is the method that I have used to assume what was happening to, her mind. This is the only method that researches in psychology can use to find the cause and effect of a particular situation. There are limitations

I spent a lot of time wandering in Art History Museum trying to decide on an artwork to expand on a paper but the wandering seemed effortless because every one of them could light up my curiosity. In the end I chose a sculpture of a man with a broken nose because though it didn’t impress me as much as other artworks did with its beauty, it was unique in the way that it is not perfect.

For centuries, art has been interwoven throughout the history of mankind. From primitive carvings on cave walls and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, to the Sistine Chapel and the Mona Lisa, artistic creations have enthralled the human race. Art may be a window to the creator’s world; it has potential to instill desire in the viewer to do something they have never done, be somewhere they have never been and inspire to fulfill a dream or goal. Additionally, Art may possibly allow the artist to illustrate their own perception of a place or even attempt to deceive the viewer. However, to truly understand how we see the world we

As one of the most renowned paintings of all time, the Mona Lisa, a half-length portrait of a woman painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506, attracts millions of visitors to the Louvre each year. When seeing the painting, people interpret it differently. Does the smile reveal a mischievous smirk, a peaceful expression, or an empty heart? There is no set answer. For artists, being able to imitate the Mona Lisa demonstrates their solid artistic skills. For art historians, the creation process of the painting remains a controversial mystery. For art collectors, the Mona Lisa is a legend floating in their dreams. However, fame does not guarantee the painting’s place in the canon due to various pressures and changing values. Although the Mona Lisa is considered a masterpiece for its remarkable High Renaissance style and innovative sfumato technique, it should be removed from the canon of oil paintings for questionable authenticity caused by theft and vandalism, and tenuous popularity gained from psychological and sociological mechanisms.

Many spectators that look at the Mona Lisa claim that they see a beating pulse in her throat. The Mona Lisa exhibits to the public Leonardo Da Vinci’s idea of the cosmic link connecting humanity and nature. This piece consists of

It made Leonardo Da Vinci worry a little but he wasn’t too worried because he had a special way of painting that would make all his colors bright, which he thought Michelangelo would never be able to match.(5) After all this, Leonardo Da Vinci painted his painting but at the end, with his style, the painting was left sticky so he brought in a flame to heat the paint to dry it. While he was doing this all of the paint and work he had done melted and loosened, and all of the colors mixed. Again Michelangelo was the great one that painted the picture and Leonardo went into hiding. The “Mona Lisa” was discovered after all this. Another wonderful painting was the, “The Last Super.”(6) This picture was excellent because it had human personality, and it gave the picture its power and originality.(6) The faces had expressions on them, which made it realistic. It was a fresco painting on the wall of a monastery in Milan, and it showed Jesus breaking bread with his twelve apostles the night before his betrayal.(7). In the picture you can see the apostles on either side of Jesus leaning forward, throwing up their hands, pointing, falling back in dismay, and searching one another’s faces.(8). After

Raphael used Leonardo da Vinci’s image of the Mona Lisa as the basis for the woman in his portrait “Lady with a Unicorn”, but while Raphael’s successful attempt at imitating da Vinci’s technique and style is noticeable, Raphael’s “Lady with a Unicorn” and da Vinci’s Louvre “Mona Lisa” demonstrate the difference between the artist’s style.

Within the midst of one of the greatest cultural revolutions known to humanity, a superior artist was born to Ser Piero da Vinci of Italy whom went by the name of Leonardo da Vinci (Vasari 1). According to Giorgio Vasari, a writer born in 1511, this man was nothing short of a demigod. Though this may be a gross overstatement, it would appear that Leonardo da Vinci (not to be confused with Leonardo DiCaprio) was well respected and highly regarded as a human being during his time on this planet, and his legacy still lives on long well after his death. We are all familiar with his notorious works of art that include, but aren’t limited to, The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Vitruvian Man. However, we gain a broader sense of da Vinci’s life through the writings of Vasari as he paints his own poetic portrait of one of the most interesting men in history. Vasari describes the man as beautiful, with an “infinite grace in all his actions.”(1). He laments on da Vinci’s superior ability to fundamentally and critically break down the mechanics of art, science, and logic; and to also contend with the burden of the traditional judgments of renaissance society, mainly due to his romantic preferences.

The Mona Lisa is undoubtedly the most famous piece of art in the world. Shortly after the paintings’ creation, its’ previously un-accomplished levels of technique and realism attracted widespread adoration. To this day the publics infatuation with the artwork is nothing short of incredible. The painting raises many questions, but has become especially iconic for its association with the shroud of mystery surrounding its creator, Leonardo da Vinci. The mysteries of the Mona Lisa range from seemingly trivial matters such as varying interpretations of her smile, to countless conspiracy theories and their adaptations popularized by Dan Browns’ Novel “The Da Vinci Code”. However, the true mystery, unsolved to this date, is seated within the portraits’ depiction, or rather, the lack of confirmation regarding the who is being depicted. This has long been a heavily-debated topic with theories continuously arising, all in an attempt to solve the seemingly unsolvable. In order to understand and analyze these theories, first the portrait itself and its’ creator must be examined.

The exhibition as a whole displayed various use of subject matter and media, from historic artworks to contemporary internet film pieces. This vast range makes the collection appealing to every audience’s interest. Overall the chosen pieces hung harmoniously together within the gallery’s white walls. All individual in their own right but as a unit create a balanced display of visuals, which mirrors not only the theme of the exhibition but perhaps societies generalised notion of beauty as well.