Madonna of the RocksLeonardo da VinciItalian High RenaissanceOil on wood panelc. 1483Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci Italian High RenaissanceOil on wood panelc. 1503-1505From Vinci (near Florence)trained in Florence w/ the artist VerrochioVerrocchio’s John the BaptistMadonna of the RocksLeonardo da VinciItalian High RenaissanceOil on wood panelc. 1483Commissioned for the Church of San Francesco Grande (Milan)Depicts Christ giving blessing to John the Baptist (christ cousin)Pyramidal structure in the composition. Hazy backgroundSfumato: general overall haziness or smokiness ( developed by da vinci)Da Vinci never wanted to copy others work.Sketched real life to study notebook after notebookinterested in meteorology and water movementInterested in Science as well as artInventive mindanatomical drawingsover 33 dissections (illegal at the time)Vitruvian man based on the writings of the Roman architect/ engineer Vitruvius from the 1st Century CEoil painting a half century before contemporariesLeonardo represents a moment of breaking in renaissance portraiture. Piero della Francesca’s Portrait of Battista Sforza ca. 1473(a way of displaying jewelery and wealth for husband)Della francescos’s fredirico de montefeltoc. 1473(focus on the person)Ghirlandaios’s Giovanna Tornabuonic 1488again not about the women but the stuff around herLeonardo’s Ginervra de Bencilate 1480sFOCUS ON HER Leonardo’s Lady with an Ermine1490Cecilia GalleraniGalee--- Weasel(clever funny)SO different from his contemporariesWomen turning to face us… not just profilesall comes together in a MONA LISANo distractions—black dress--- pyramidal structure—sfumato—cross hands suggest confidence—Alll draws you back to her faceBelieved to beLisa del GiocondoMona Lisa “ My lady Lisa”The wife of Francesco del Giocondodisplayed at
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