Transcript Slide 1

Painting the Mona Lisa.
Visual gag (the real Mona Lisa behind the scenes).
Leonardo had no surname in the
modern sense;
"da Vinci" simply means "from
Vinci".
His full birth name was
"Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci",
meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser
Piero from Vinci."
Portrait of Mona Lisa - (1479-1528),
also known as La Gioconda, the wife
of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06;
Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8
in); Musee du Louvre, Paris
DAVID
Michelangelo's David, sculpted from 1501 to 1504, is a masterpiece of Renaissance
sculpture and one of Michelangelo's two greatest works of sculpture, along with the
Pietà. It is the statue of the young Israelite king David alone that almost certainly holds
the title of the most recognizable stone sculpture in the history of art. It has become
regarded as a symbol both of strength and youthful human beauty. The 4.34 meter (14
ft) marble statue portrays the Biblical King David in the nude, at the moment that he
decides to do battle with Goliath. It came to symbolize the Florentine Republic, an
independent city state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states. This
interpretation was also encouraged by the original setting of the sculpture outside the
Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence. The completed
sculpture was unveiled on 8 September 1504.
Donotello’s
David with
Goliath’s
head
The Last Supper - 1498; Fresco, 460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 ft);
Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan
Portrait of a Musician 1485 - Oil on Wood
Panel - Pinacoteca
Ambrosiana
Milan
Italy
Saint John the Baptist (1400's)
Portrait of a Woman - 1490 - Oil
on panel Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Milan
Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to
the Left - Red and black chalk Royal Library, Windsor - Possibly a
study for Saint Anne
Portrait of a Lady from the Court
of Milan, called La Belle
Ferronniere
Ginevra de' Benci - c.
1474; Oil on wood, 38.2 x
36.7 cm (15 1/8 x 14 1/2 in);
National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC
Madonna of the
Rocks (Center
panel - "Panels for
an Ancona")
1503-06 (140 Kb);
Oil on wood,
189.5 x 120 cm (6
x 4 ft); National
Gallery, London
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