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Leonardo da Vinci

• 1452-1519

Leonardo da Vinci. 1885. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 25 June 2013.

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci—1494

“Verily, I say unto you, one of you will betray me.” (Mark 14:18)

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Humanism—Artistic interest in the human being

• Trend dominated the middle ages• Renaissance period artists focus on human beings of the Bible

“Lord, is it I?” (Matthew 26:22)

• Individualism—artistic interest in the specific characteristics of the human being– Facial characteristics– Individual emotions

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Scientific Naturalism—The artistic interest in the natural world

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Linear or One-Point Perspective—How our eyes see and compute distance

Ourladyshigh. 1 Point Perspective. 2006. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 8 May 2013.

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

One-Point Perspective in The Last Supper

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Atmospheric Perspective

Chiaroscuro—Three dimensionality by using light and shading

da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1494. Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

The Mona Lisaby Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1505)

da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. c.1503-1505. Paris, France. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Early Renaissance

da Vinci, Leonardo. Portrait of Battista Sforza, Duchess of Urbino. c.1465-1470. Florence, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

da Vinci, Leonardo. Portrait of Princess (Pisanello). c.1435-1449. Paris, France. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

The Mona Lisa

da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. c.1503-1505. Paris, France. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

Discover Leonardo

• Modern inventions and ideas• Anatomy drawings

da Vinci, Leonardo. Design for a Flying Machine. c. 1488. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.

da Vinci, Leonardo. Vitruvian Man. c.1485-1490. Venice, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. Web. 10 May 2013.