Leonardo+DaVinci+Student

= Artist: Leonardo DaVinci =

Group Members: Kaitlyn Jashinski and Kirsten Casey
Mood: While looking at the Mona Lisa by Leonardo DaVinci, we thought the mood was calm, quiet, peaceful.The brush strokes were soft and a little billowy. The mountain path was in the back was light colored, so we assume it's happy, or calm. We thought Mona Lisa is smiling, that she is happy. Her light skin and the crinkles in the corner of her eyes lead us to that. His brush strokes were blotted and he used a lot of darks and lights. Especially on her body he managed to outline her with dark to make her pop. But, we soon learned that the painting is meant to be mysterious. With the sitters mysterious smile, and no identity, we learned that Leonardo didn't mean for the picture to be calm and peaceful. He meant for it to raise questions in the viewers minds.

Theme: While looking at the Mona Lisa, Kirsten and I thought the theme was, things are not always what they appear to be. We thought this because while looking at the mod, Leonardo wanted the painting to be mysterious. So we thought that since she looks so happy and the mood isn't, he was portraying the theme. Not everything i what it appears to be. In fact Leonardo wanted his theme to be the cosmic link between humanity and nature. He wanted it to represent that humans and nature can be one. That even we aren't similar, we can still come together as one. He wanted that vision to come to life in the Mona Lisa.


 * [[image:http://media2.school.eb.com/eb-media/00/170700-004-26A2C904.jpg caption="Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa ||

Mood: While looking at Leonardo DaVinci's famous painting The Last Supper, we thought it was stressed. The brush strokes were blotted and there is light in the front of the picture and dark in the back. There looks like there is chaos in the corners and some people are covered by the darkness. Yet, we believe the god himself Jesus is sitting at the center of the table. There are 12 people around him yet 2 are women. We are not sure what to think. It is almost like he smeared the light paint with the dark paint to create and eerie mood. He wanted the scene to looked old and run down. When we researched the painting we learned that is was suppose to represent his 12 disciples. Leonardo meant for it to represent the contrast between Jesus and his disciples. His mood was angry, confused. He made the disciples upset. His painting was to represent when Jesus told them one would betray him. There is a lone disciple in the room, creating a mood that is angry and guilty. In the painting with the mood, its not obvious.

Theme: The Last Supper was a little more difficult for me and Kirsten. We honestly didn't think there was a theme at first. But then we looked a little closer. We thought the theme may be, that Jesus Christ conquers all. We thought this because Jesus shows a level of maturity over his disciples, and more maturity than some humans these days have achieved. Leonardo wanted the theme to be, about how humans who don't understand what is about to happen become annoyed. Yet Christ himself sits lonely in complete serenity. To be honest, Leonardo didn't want his theme to be complicated. He simply wanted to get a point across through his art. That's all the great Leonardo DaVinci wanted to do.


 * [[image:http://media3.school.eb.com/eb-media/88/2088-004-ACC4C5D3.jpg caption="Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper ||

Mood: Looking at Leonardo's painting, The Virgin of the Rocks, Kirsten and I thought it was quite interesting. We believe the mood is calm, quiet, collective. The 2 women feeding the children, is happy, like they are out on a picnic. He strokes were very defined. Lots of shading which really brought the emotion in the piece. not only are the faces defined he defined their clothes giving them emotions from what they wear. Leonardo meant for the painting to be peaceful, with a quiet attitude. He wanted the viewers to believe that they were looking at Virgin Mary and Jesus. He defined them the way he did, so the viewers would look just a little closer. He wanted his painting to have strength and beauty at the same time.

Theme: Leonardo created The Virgin of the Rocks. Kirsten and I were thrown for a little bit of a loop. We thought that perhaps it might be the same theme as The Last Supper. But then we realized there was more there than meets the eye, We thought the theme was beauty is everywhere, not just in what meets the eye. Leonardo wanted to show John the barrier between Jesus and humanity. He wanted the beauty in nature to be seen through the angel, the only figure facing the viewers. Leonardo wanted to show the beauty that Jesus Christ gave the world.


 * [[image:http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/19/26319-004-1D28A47C.jpg caption="Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks ||

An Artists Life: Leonardo DaVinci was born April 15,1452, in the republic of Florence. He died May 2nd 1519 in Clos-Lucé, France. During his life, he lived at his fathers estate getting normal education. When he was 15, his father was highly thought of in Florence Italy. In 1472 Leonardo was accepted as an apprentice, a working job. He worked in his teachers workshop for more than 5 years before finally leaving. After he left he worked independently in Florence for some time. By the time he was older, he was a genius in math, he was extremely good at science, an architect, a sculpture and a painter. He worked in Florence, Milan. he managed to accomplish many things in his life. Including his world famous painting, The Mona Lisa. Between 1490-1495, he worked on the sciences. While he was involved with the sciences he found out about sculpting. He usually used Clay or Marble. Leonardo was very gifted. His life was always a mystery and he added that into his paintings. He created so many inventions, he was fantastic in his life. He put all of his emotions into his work, not matter what it was. He was strong during his life, he believed in himself. He painted for his life, even as he sculpted he used aspects of his paintings in his sculptures. While he created inventions, he did use color and in those inventions he showered them with emotion.

The Art Movement: Leonardo loved the renaissance. Every painting he did was inspired. he loved the color, the music, the people of the renaissance. He also painted out of religion. He was a christian and he believed that god ruled everything. Everything he did was inspired by something. Either he wanted it to be old-timely, or religious it always had a meaning. Nothing he ever did, went without meaning. If it did, it was blank, dull, blank. Even those which he didn't finish had meaning. He tried to make is painting like no other artists. He wanted to be unique, he wanted to be original. His Mona Lisa was probably the most inspired renaissance painting. he expressed it through her clothes, through her hair, and through the mountains. The Last Supper created a religion painting. He painted it to show god is above us all in every way.

The Artwork: Leonardo did everything. He invented, he painted, he sculpted. There was nothing he couldn't do. You might think that he was better at some than he was at others. That is not the case. He was perfect at everything he did. he was strong with his work, he was brave, he wasn't afraid to try something new. He wouldn't tell anyone what he was doing until he was done. Everything he did was a mystery. Every curve he sculpted was smooth, yet ridged. When he invented he went mad. He didn't have any uncertainty. His marble sculptures were grand. He spent years perfecting them to the every curve, every shape, every line. He spent months testing and perfecting his inventions. Nothing would stop him. He would adventure, he would explore. His father was an artisan, influencing young Leonardo. It developed at a very young age. Ever since his father became famous is Florence and he got an internship he loved art. His paintings were always blotted or with short smooth motions. He used blotting to create the Last Supper. Leonardo didn't use short choppy strokes ever. He didn't like the way it flowed. Now if Leonardo used a different technique, his paintings would have had a different feel to them. Maybe mad, maybe sad. Leonardo didn't want that to happen. His were clear, yet blotted. If the technique was different, the artwork would have changed. They would've looked different, and give the viewers a different feeling than they usually do. If he changed away from religion and moved more towards culture and added color, the paintings would've really changed. They wouldn't have as much deep shading. The paintings would be more vibrate, and more joyful. Kirsten and I like the blended colors. We believe it really brings out the meaning and style of the art. we can really feel the mood, especially in the Last Supper. With the blended colors we can feel like the painting is angry, and old. It makes the paintings feel tired and we like that. The materials he used helped. He really shaded and used one point perspective. In the Last Supper everyplace in the painting came back to one point, Jesus. Kirsten and I loved that about Leonardo DaVinci.


 * [[image:http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/19/26319-004-1D28A47C.jpg align="left" caption="Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks ||


 * [[image:http://media2.school.eb.com/eb-media/00/170700-004-26A2C904.jpg align="left" caption="Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa ||

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 * [[image:http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/39/60539-004-772535F8.jpg caption="Leonardo da Vinci: screw-cutting machine [Credit: Courtesy of the Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Paris; photograph, The Science Museum, London]"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: screw-cutting machine [Credit: Courtesy of the Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Paris; photograph, The Science Museum, London] ||


 * [[image:http://media3.school.eb.com/eb-media/88/2088-004-ACC4C5D3.jpg align="right" caption="Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper"]] ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper ||

Song Track: The song that we chose was Listen To Your Heart by: DHT. We chose this song because it is about following your heart, and that is what Leonardo DaVinci did. He always followed his heart no matter what.