Leonardo Da Vinnci

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to read Leonardo's notes, one has to hold them up to a mirror. In 1472 he entered a painters' guild. His earliest extensive works date back to this time. In 1482 Da Vinci worked for Duke Lodovico Sforza in Milan for 18 years. He fulfilled the position as court artist, but also worked as an engineer and architect. While in Milan Leonardo developed more theories about painting. Leonardo believed that knowledge should be based on observation. He believed that observation led to understanding, and artists had an obligation to record this understanding by painting accurate images. He made sketches of everything around him. This caused him to make a master plan, his plan was to record the structure of every building in the world. He believed that this would uncover laws of harmony and proportion. In the fall of 1499 Leonardo left France and headed to Florence. There he painted paintings such as, Battle of Anghiari a mural that was painted for the Council Chamber of Town Hall, the famous ...

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clothing. She is sitting in front of a landscape that has many valleys of water and many tall mountains, which creates a misty background-the sfumato effect. One of the reasons the painting is famous is because the artist, Leonardo Da Vinci, painted his subject with a smile that radiates many feelings- such as dignity and calmness, giving her a sense of mystery. This painting is not only famous but important in art history. Instead of using layers of paint to create texture, Leonardo used shadowing effects to add texture to the painting. Leonardo did this in many different sections of the painting such as her face, hands, her velvety cloak, and the background. Another feature that makes ...

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