Great Artists
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452-1519
The Last Supper, one of da Vinci's most famous paintings.
Da Vinci was an architect, musician, engineer, scientist and inventor. He sketched the firstparachute, first helicopter, first aeroplane, first tank, first repeating rifle, swinging bridge, paddle boat and first motor car. Da Vinci designed machines of war as well. He was one of the first artists tosketch outdoor portraits. Da Vinci was a sculptor and designer of costumes. He was also a mathematician and a botanist.
When he was twenty-one he painted the Annunication. In 1481 da Vinci paintedThe Adoration of the Magi. In 1475 da Vinci painted an angel in Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ. One of Leonardo's greatest pieces of art was the Mona Lisa, (1404) which was famous for her mysterioussmile when piano music played. The Mona Lisa took Leonardo six years to complete. After he was done the painting the King of France bought it. Leonardo did not want to part with the portrait, so theKing of France let him keep it in his studio until he died. Another famous painting was The Last Supper, which was painted in 1495. It has become the most famous painting in the world. Leonardo was alsovery proud of his Self Portrait, which he painted it in 1515, four years before he died.
RAPHAEL SANZIO
1483 - 1520
Raphael's Madonna with Christ and St. John the Baptist
Raphaelpainted the Madonna dell Granduca, The Small Cowper Madonna, and The Alba Madonna. He painted Stanza dell Incendio and the four large-scale paintings were Marriage of the Virgin, Sposalizio, TheCrucified Christ with Virgin Mary and Saints and Angels. He painted a portrait of The Courtier and author Baldassare Castiglione in 1515. In the Vatican Palace his first room he completed was the so-calledStanza dellaSignatura (Room of the Signature). In the Vatican Palace he had the opportunity to apply his classical art on a grand scale.
Raphael had great interest in portraiture and he was a...
1452-1519
The Last Supper, one of da Vinci's most famous paintings.
Da Vinci was an architect, musician, engineer, scientist and inventor. He sketched the firstparachute, first helicopter, first aeroplane, first tank, first repeating rifle, swinging bridge, paddle boat and first motor car. Da Vinci designed machines of war as well. He was one of the first artists tosketch outdoor portraits. Da Vinci was a sculptor and designer of costumes. He was also a mathematician and a botanist.
When he was twenty-one he painted the Annunication. In 1481 da Vinci paintedThe Adoration of the Magi. In 1475 da Vinci painted an angel in Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ. One of Leonardo's greatest pieces of art was the Mona Lisa, (1404) which was famous for her mysterioussmile when piano music played. The Mona Lisa took Leonardo six years to complete. After he was done the painting the King of France bought it. Leonardo did not want to part with the portrait, so theKing of France let him keep it in his studio until he died. Another famous painting was The Last Supper, which was painted in 1495. It has become the most famous painting in the world. Leonardo was alsovery proud of his Self Portrait, which he painted it in 1515, four years before he died.
RAPHAEL SANZIO
1483 - 1520
Raphael's Madonna with Christ and St. John the Baptist
Raphaelpainted the Madonna dell Granduca, The Small Cowper Madonna, and The Alba Madonna. He painted Stanza dell Incendio and the four large-scale paintings were Marriage of the Virgin, Sposalizio, TheCrucified Christ with Virgin Mary and Saints and Angels. He painted a portrait of The Courtier and author Baldassare Castiglione in 1515. In the Vatican Palace his first room he completed was the so-calledStanza dellaSignatura (Room of the Signature). In the Vatican Palace he had the opportunity to apply his classical art on a grand scale.
Raphael had great interest in portraiture and he was a...
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