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Leonardo da Vinci art links/last verified February, 27-28 2003 Galleries: This page is viewed by tens of thousands of people each month. Add your link for only a month. [Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor, 1452-1519] Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Uncle of Pierino da Vinci Studied under Andrea del Verrocchio Leonardo's students included Andrea Solario Bernardino Luini Cesare da Sesto Francesco Melzi and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio How from age to age the art of painting continually declines and deteriorates when painters have no other standard than work already done. Leonardo da Vinci in his Treatise on Painting Museums and Art Galleries Image Galleries Other Sites Articles Museums and Art Galleries: J. Paul Getty Museum , Los Angeles Le Louvre , Paris The Virgin and Child with St. Anne Le Louvre , Paris Virgin of the Rocks Le Louvre , Paris The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York A Bear Walking , C.1490 Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York Studies for the Nativity Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York Head of the Virgin , drawing, 1507-13 Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York Museo di Vinci , Italy The museum of Leonardo's home town. Tha main portion of the collection appears to consist of a variety of models of Leonardo's inventions.

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The Renaissance was an era of beautiful artwork and structures which flourished all over western Europe. Although it began in Italy where there was always a residue of classical-styled architecture, it might have been expected to appear first in Rome. During the 14th and early 15th centuries, however, Rome's political situation was very unfavorable for artistic endeavor, unlike that of Florence. The early Renaissance in Rome was rapidly approaching the simplicity, monumentality, and massiveness of the High Renaissance of the early 16th century. It renounced the exploits of the Medieval master-mansions, and defined beauty as fidelity at the expense of all other considerations. Some of the most noted artists, architects, and sculptors of the High Renaissance include Donato Bramante, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. In essence, the Renaissance was a time period in which stunning sculptures, buildings, and artwork flourished all over western Europe. It was one of the high points of humanism and the expression of creativity and beauty of life. Deanna's World: About Deanna Advice Staff Basement Celtic Whispers Chat Parlor Dramatique Faerie Circle Good Deeds Guestbook Internet Treasurebox Introduction Interviews Martial Arts A Pink Floyd Tribute Poetry Gallery Radical Change Realm of the Unicorns Reflections of the Renaissance Victorian Treasures Contents Significant Figures Information about various people who helped contribute to both the Early and the High Renaissance.

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HOME ART EDUCATION GREAT ARTISTS IN HISTORY LEONARDO DA VINCI ABOUT Search Search for a Great Artist Art e-facts Did you know . . . in 1962 Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa was valued at $100 million. Who knows what it would be worth today! The Louvre was originally constructed as the fortress of Philippe Auguste in 1190. Books Paintings in the Louvre Read the review of this magnificent art resource by Sir Lawrence Gowing. Buy this exquisite book Useful Links Leonardo @ The Museum of Science - Boston Leonardo da Vinci discussion port @ Classicals.com Fine Art Prints Buy Leonardo da Vinci Posters at AllPosters.com! Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Renaissance paintings "The heavens often rain down the richest gifts on human beings, but sometimes they bestow with lavish abundance upon a single individual beauty, grace and ability, so that whatever he does, every action is so devine that he distances all other men, and clearly displays how his greatness is a gift of God and not an acquirement of human art. Men saw this in Leonardo." Georgio Vasari (1511-1574) (author of ' The Lives of The Artists DATES Born in or near Vinci, Italy

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Leonardo da Vinci Timeline: The High Renaissance The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo DA VINCI (b. 1452, Vinci, Republic of Florence [now in Italy]d. May 2, 1519, Cloux, Fr.), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495-97) and Mona Lisa (1503-06) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of his time. From Sketches to Paintings The Adoration of the Magi 1481-82 (200 Kb); Yellow ochre and brown ink on panel, 246 x 243 cm (8 x 8 ft); Uffizi, Florence Lady with an Ermine 1483-90 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 53.4 x 39.3 cm (21 x 15 1/2 in); Czartoryski Museum, Cracow Madonna Litta c. 1490-91 (150 Kb); Tempera on canvas, transferred from panel, 42 x 33 cm (16 1/2 x 13 in); Hermitage, St. Petersburg By a happy chance, a common theme links the lives of four of the famous masters of the High Renaissance Leonardo

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Resources Menu Categorical Index Library Gallery Leonardo da Vinci Artist and Inventor Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci was born in April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. Leonardo's mastery in art, science and engineering have earned him a place among the most prolific geniuses of history. He was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, a period when the arts and sciences flourished. At age 17, Leonardo and his father moved to Florence, where he apprenticed to Verrocchio. His brilliance soon eclipsed that of his master. In 1472 Leonardo became a member of the painter's guild of Florence, where he had contact with other great Florentine artists including Michelangelo Buonarroti In 1481 Leonardo left Florence for Milan to offer his service to the local Duke. During this period he painted the Virgin of the Rocks and the Last Supper . In 1499 Leonardo left Milan, traveling through Mantua, to the court of Isabella d'Este; to Venice, where he consulted on architecture from 1495 to 1499; and in 1502 and 1503 was military engineer for Cesare Borgia. After his service to the Borgias, Leonardo returned to Florence. It was during the period between 1503 and 1506, while working primarily in Florence, that he had his greatest following and painted such classics as the "Mona Lisa." Leonardo left Florence for Milan in 1506, although he returned in 1507-8 to fight for his inheritance from his Uncle. In 1509 he returned to Milan and devoted much of his time to scientific studies, and to engineering projects such as channeling the course of the Adda river. In 1512 Leonardo left Milan again, and from 1513 to 1516 was in Rome under the protection of Giuliano de Medici, the brother of Pope Leo X. Here Leonardo came into contact with Michelangelo, and another young rival, Raphael.

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The Annunciation, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 131KB Adoration of the Magi, Florence. 119KB Perspective Study for "Adoration of the Magi", Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 147KB Benois Madonna, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 119KB Litta Madonna, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. 102KB The Madonna of the Carnation, Pinakothek at Munich. 192KB Drawing of the face of the angel from The Virgin of the Rocks . National Library, Turin. 102KB Portrait of Ginerva de' Benci, 1474, National Gallery at Washington D.C. 99KB Study of the Heads of an Old Man and a Youth, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 180KB Study of an Old Man's Profile, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 130KB Drawing of a Woman's Head, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 116KB Drawing of an Assault Chariot with Scythes, National Library at Turin. 109KB Portrait of Cecilia Gallarani (Lady with an Ermine), 1485, Czartoryski Museum at Cracow. 93KB Online Since 1996 To da Vinci-2 Alphabetical Index Nationality/Time ... Artists

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Leonardo da Vinci T IMELINE The High Renaissance ``The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane.'' Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo DA VINCI (b. 1452, Vinci, Republic of Florence [now in Italy]d. May 2, 1519, Cloux, Fr.), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495-97) and Mona Lisa (1503-06) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of his time. Encyclopaedia Britannica Photographs by Mark Harden From Sketches to Paintings The Adoration of the Magi 1481-82 (200 Kb); Yellow ochre and brown ink on panel, 246 x 243 cm (8 x 8 ft); Uffizi, Florence Lady with an Ermine 1483-90 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 53.4 x 39.3 cm (21 x 15 1/2 in); Czartoryski Museum, Cracow Madonna Litta c. 1490-91 (150 Kb); Tempera on canvas, transferred from panel, 42 x 33 cm (16 1/2 x 13 in); Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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Main Category: Artists: Masters: Renaissance: Da Vinci Leonardo The Visual Artist subcategories lead you to specialized information pertaining to visual artists. You can browse in alphabetical order, by artistic medium, subject matter, or discover art history information by following the link to Masters below. Leonardo was born in 1456 in the small town of Vinci as the illegitimate son of a notary. With fifteen he began an apprenticeship with the most respected painter in Florence at that time, Verocchio. He sat up his own studio around 1478 and moved to Milan in 1482 to ... further indepth information da Vinci, Leonardo Collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. De Vinci, Leonard Léonard De Vinci This website will make you discover the life and thework of Léonard de Vinci, celebrates artist of the european rebirth, scientistand inventor montreal, Canada Leo Vinci Sculptor, curriculum and works. English and spanish page. Buenos Aires, Argentina Leonardo da Vinci Collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. Leonardo da Vinci WebMuseum, Paris, painting, Paris, Italian, inventor, sculpture, France>

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Main Category: Artists: Alphabetized: L The Visual Artist subcategories lead you to specialized information pertaining to visual artists. You can browse in alphabetical order, by artistic medium, subject matter, or discover art history information by following the link to Masters below. Alphabetized Resources in this category: (1598 Records) Displaying resources 781 to 811: Lennon, Christine Elaine (I submitted this earlier but used the wrong page extension for best viewing) Harrisonburg, VA USA Lennon, Christine Elaine Portraits, sketches, pencil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, jewelry, sculpture, web design. Harrisonburg, VA USA Lennox Campello The artwork, art criticism, writing, resume and biography of award winning artist and regional D.C. art critic F. Lennox Campello Washington, DC USA Lennox, Debra Beck watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings; architectural drafting; kids' art Comptche, CA USA Lennox, Lord William Pitt Lennox, Lord William Pitt . Tate Collections, with a multitude of images. 1799-1881 Lenoble, Christophe

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Please help keep Enchanted Learning online. Click here for more information on our honor system. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year (transaction via PayPal Other Amount (transaction via PayPal EnchantedLearning.com Art and Artists A B C D ... W X Y Z African-American Artists British Artists Chinese Artists Dutch Artists ... Prehistoric and Ancient Italian Artists Caravaggio Coloring Page: Medusa A coloring page based on Caravaggio's painting called "Medusa." Or paint it online da Vinci Coloring Page: Caricature of an Old Man A coloring page based on a Leonardo da Vinci drawing of an old man. Or paint it online da Vinci Coloring Page: Mona Lisa A coloring page based on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Or paint it online da Vinci Coloring Page: Proportions of the Human Figure A coloring page based on Leonardo da Vinci's "Proportions of the Human Figure." Or paint it online da Vinci Coloring Page: Soldier A coloring page based on a Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a soldier. Or paint it online Michelangelo Coloring Page: The Delphes Sylphide A coloring page based on a part of Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Leonardo da Vinci La Joconde Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda , the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris This figure of a woman, dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated in a visionary, mountainous landscape, is a remarkable instance of Leonardo's sfumato technique of soft, heavily shaded modeling. The Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression, which seems both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal fame. Reams have been written about this small masterpiece by Leonardo, and the gentle woman who is its subject has been adapted in turn as an aesthetic, philosophical and advertising symbol, entering eventually into the irreverent parodies of the Dada and Surrealist artists. The history of the panel has been much discussed, although it remains in part uncertain. According to Vasari, the subject is a young Florentine woman, Monna (or Mona) Lisa, who in 1495 married the well-known figure, Francesco del Giocondo, and thus came to be known as ``La Gioconda''. The work should probably be dated during Leonardo's second Florentine period, that is between 1503 and 1505. Leonardo himself loved the portrait, so much so that he always carried it with him until eventually in France it was sold to François I, either by Leonardo or by Melzi. From the beginning it was greatly admired and much copied, and it came to be considered the prototype of the

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