Giants

of the

Italian

High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci: superb master of line, pioneer of

sfumato, inventor, naturalist, and

painter of the soul’s intent.

Examine the “unified representation

of objects in an atmospheric setting”

– a groundbreaking achievement of

Leonardo.

Examine the Mona Lisa as a

convincing representation of a real

person.

The Baptism of

Christ

by Verrocchio and

Leonardo

Ginevra

De’Benci

by

Leonardo

Figure 22-2 LEONARDO DA VINCI, Leonardo da

Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, from San Francesco

Grande, Milan, Italy, begun 1483. Oil on wood

(transferred to canvas), 6’ 6 1/2” x 4’. Louvre, Paris.

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The Virgin

of the Rocks,

Louvre,

Paris

The Virgin of the

Rocks, National Gallery,

London

Sfumato

detail

Figure 22-4 LEONARDO DA VINCI, Last Supper, ca. 1495–1498. Oil and tempera on plaster, 13’ 9” x 29’ 10”.

Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. 15

The book the Da Vinci Code claims that

the apostle John in Da Vinci’s “Last

Supper” is unique because he is

beardless & effeminate…

Is this correct?

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Figure 22-4 LEONARDO DA VINCI, Last Supper, ca. 1495–1498. Oil and tempera on plaster, 13’ 9” x 29’ 10”.

Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

Andrea del Castagno, The Last Supper, 1447, Fresco, Refractory of Sant’Apollonia, Florence

Figure 22-3 LEONARDO DA VINCI,

cartoon for Madonna and Child with Saint Anne

and the Infant Saint John, ca. 1505–1507. Charcoal

heightened with white on brown paper, 4’ 6” x

3’ 3”. National Gallery, London.

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Figure 22-5 LEONARDO DA VINCI, Mona Lisa, ca.

1503–1505. Oil on wood, 2’ 6 1/4” x 1’ 9”. Louvre, Paris.

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Lady with an

Ermine

Portrait of a

Musician

Cartoon for

Virgin and Child

with Saint Anne

Adoration

of the

Magi

Isabella d’Este

Leonardo, ca. 1473, ink and paper,

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Study of Grotesque

Heads

Vitruvian

Man

Figure 22-6 LEONARDO DA VINCI, The

Fetus and Lining of the Uterus, ca. 1511–1513. wash,

over red chalk and traces of black chalk on paper,

1’ 8 5/8”. Royal Library, Windsor Castle.

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Embryo

Larynx

& Leg

Torso

& Arms

Link to cool page w/inventions

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/VisionsoftheFuture.html

Fun Quiz: http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosM

ysteriousMachinery.html

Assault Chariot with Scythes

The Tank

Multi-Barrel Gun