UNIT 2

  Mona Lisa

Prompt 2

 

Leonardo da Vinci -

(1452-1519) the most glittering personality,  the High Renaissance the way he rendered the real world around him, understanding of light and shade (chiaroscuro) and of perspective, to convey a clear and understandable message , created a problem to which he gives no answers.

“Mona Liza”  -

 

the supreme example , a masterpiece which lies between the realm of poetry and concrete         realism of a portrait, a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic,

Composition -          

pyramid design, form the front corner of the pyramid, the variety of living surfaces,  reserved posture, silent communication,

Techniques -

sfumato, sense of overall,

Impression -   

a link connecting humanity and nature, the fullness of the realism; the deep nostalgia, remote beauty; and the individual characterization.