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Leonardo Da Vinci's Art

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Although Leonardo would hold in high regard the sense of unity, atmospheric perspective, and features that suggest studies from nature, he would have disliked how easily recognizable that the Canigiani Holy Family panel painting by Raphael is religious. There are putti floating on clouds at the top corners. In addition, very faint halos hover above the heads of Elizabeth, infant John the Baptist, Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus, which provide evidence that these figures are holy. Leonardo da Vinci’s art, however, does not possess any of these overt religious elements. An example would be his Madonna on the Rocks. In the painting, the Virgin Mary, infant John the Baptist, and infant Jesus do not have halos around their heads. Furthermore, the
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My answer to this artwork is based on my religious belief as a symbolic moment in the Jesus’ life. Every detail of this painting has a meaning and has a great impact on the Christian religion. I like this work of art because it alludes to the last super, where Jesus shared with his disciples before being betrayed and sacrificed. Leonardo Davinci according with his imagination and ideas, painted the possible reactions of the figures involved in the picture. Their faces and the room was a result of the Leonardo Davinci’s believes, thoughts, creativity and knowledge.

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This artwork depicts Mary alone at her lectern. She is wearing a lapis veil, and she is standing in front of a book. Da Messina created the illusion of the us, the spectators, as Mary's messenger. Mary appears to be interrupted by the Angel of Annunciation. Da Messina was able to capture abstract lighting, shade, tone, and space into a precise scene.

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The patrons of the arts during the High Renaissance period valued the expression of such ideals as order and harmony from a divine source in contrast to the paragon prevalent in the late 16th century which emphasized the glorification of the influence of man and his capabilities. This is apparent through the comparison of Leonardo da Vinci’s version of “The Last Supper” with Jacopo Robusti “Tintoretto’s” art of the same name which depicts the same moment in biblical history, and was created nearly a hundred years later. In Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” the table upon which Christ and his disciples sat is the main draw of the piece and the center of attention. Light emanates from Christ and gets darker towards the ends of the table.

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Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael Sanzio are two of the most distinguished artists during the period of High Renaissance. Among their numerous works, Leonardo’s Madonna of the Rocks and Raphael’s The Madonna of the Meadow share many similarities. For example, both works are painted in oil, which allows greater variations in color to achieve naturalism. In addition, both paintings employ the techniques such as pyramidal composition and chiaroscuro to construct the stability of the main figures as well as to depict the volume by means of dark-light contrasts.

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Leonardo is more interested with science and nature than religion that tends to create conventional artwork and expected themes. This mindset is reflected in some of his other works, like his Battle of Anghiari

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Portraits drawn by Raphael are a vital source for the analysis of his artistic motives. “Lady of the Unicorn” (fig. 3), one of Raphael’s earliest Florentine portraits, owes much to Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa” in its design. However, the clarity of light which infuses even the shadows with colour not only recalls Raphael’s early exposure to the paintings of Piero della Francesca, but also in itself a statement he wanted to make through his art. Raphael’s obsessive experiments with clarity of features cannot be construed as a mere influence of his teachers or contemporaries. Somewhere deep down, deliberation to do away with the mysterious haziness associable with divine or religious mystification must have inspired the Italian great to incorporate

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Leonardo Da Vinci 's The Last supper is a popular work of art that is Da Vinci 's rendition of the last supper as told in the bible. This paper will include an in depth visual analysis of the painting as it appeared on the original canvas. The paper will also address the cultural and religious significance of this work of art in that time period. I chose to do the analysis on The Last Supper because it is an artwork that i have seen many times in my life, but oddly enough do not know a lot about. In this paper i plan to not only inform you , but inform myself on the many aspects of The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci.

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This is said to be Leonardo Da Vinci’s first major work because it is the first large painting, painted by Leonardo 's hands. The story of this painting is that Mary is being visited by archangel Gabriel, in order to explain to her that she was " destined to be the mother of the son of god"( cite) . Gabriel is kneeling at the garden of Mary. There is a distance between both of them and she ironically receives the news while sitting at a reading desk. " The angel holds a lily in his left hand, a symbol of Mary 's purity, his right hand is raised in greeting.

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Through his image of divinity, he demonstrates to the observers the order of heaven and where the observer fits in this photograph. Raphael also highlights how even when “people turn away from the truth, people will still strive to provide insight and guidance;” he allows them to understand that they have a choice to believe or not. All the great men in this painting, even though they were alive at different times in history were painted as if they are active and progressive in the painting. Aristotle and Plato are portrayed in the middle and it’s evident that they are more than likely in the conpetition, probably over whose philosophy or ideas are more prominent. However, one very important notation, eventhou “School of Athens” was painted in the Vatican, none of these men illustrated were Christians.

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Madonna and child are amongst the most popular yet controversial topics in the Christian art. Most of the pieces of art done on this topic usually have Mary and Jesus either surrounded by angels or saints who pay respect to them. It is an important figure in Catholicism as it reminds the believers about their faith. Both the two artworks were done during the Renaissance period with Madonna and child with the two angels being done around 1465 while Madonna and child with the saints being done around 1505.

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