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Ученик 5 «А» класса
Белухин Алексей,
МБОУ «Лицей №3»,
г.Саров,
Leonardo da Vinci
(April 15, 1452 – May 2,
1519)
Leonardo da Vinci was an
Italian
painter,
sculptor,
architect,
engineer
and
scientist. He was one of the
greatest minds of the Italian
Renaissance,
and
his
influence on the painting of
the following generations was
enormous. He is widely
considered to be one of the
greatest painters of all time.
BIOGRAPHY
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, near the
village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He was the
illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of
Florence. His mother, Caterina, was a peasant girl. Leonardo
grew up with his father in Florence. Here, he started drawing
and painting. Leonardo was educated in the studio of the
renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of his earlier
working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in
Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice and
spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by
Francis I.
Leonardo da Vinci was a
genius – he could write
one sentence with his right
hand and a different
sentence with his left
hand. He wrote from right
to left – you needed a
mirror
to
read
his
handwriting. He invented
scissors. He had many
talents. He made models
and in his notebooks there
were plans for a tank, a
helicopter
and
a
submarine.
He
made
detailed
drawings
of
human anatomy which are
still highly regarded today.
Leonardo
pioneered
new
painting techniques in many of his
pieces. One of them is a colour
shading
technique
called
"Sfumato". It is characterized by
subtle,
almost
infinitesimal,
transitions between colour areas,
creating an atmospheric haze or
smoky effect.
"Chiaroscuro" is the technique
of modelling and defining forms
through contrasts of light and
shadow.
Leonardo collaborated with
Verrocchio on his Baptism of
Christ (1472 – 1475), painting
the young angel holding Jesus's
robe in a manner that was so far
superior to his master's that
Verrocchio put down his brush and
never painted again.
Annunciation (1475–
1480) is thought to be
Leonardo's earliest complete
work.
The Virgin of the Rocks
(1483–1486)
demonstrates
Leonardo's interest in nature. This
is one of the most beautiful
Leonardo da Vinci paintings that
used the “sfumato” technique.
Leonardo's drawing of the
Vitruvian Man (1485) is regarded as
a cultural icon. It is a study of the
proportions of the human body.
Portrait of a Musician
(1490) is one of the rarest
Leonardo da Vinci paintings as
he used a male subject instead
of a female one that is so
characteristic of all his other
paintings. The picture depicts a
musician holding a scroll of
paper, thought to contain notes
of music.
Leonardo's most famous
painting of the 1490s is The
Last
Supper
(1498)
painted in Milan. The painting
represents the last meal
shared by Jesus with his
disciples before his capture
and
death.
It
shows
specifically the moment when
Jesus has said "one of you will
betray me".
Among
the
works
created by Leonardo in the
16th century is the small
portrait known as the
Mona
Lisa
or
"la
Gioconda“
(1503–
1505/1507), the laughing
one. In the present era it is
the most famous painting in
the world. Its fame rests on
the elusive smile on the
woman's face.