5圆-1/2" white paper (you will need at least 32 of these, regardless of the number of students in class, but I recommend having extras in case people make mistakes and want to start again) So, part of the reason the "Mona Lisa" is so famous is not only because of the inventive and skillful techniques Leonardo used but also because of the many mysterious parts of the picture. Many people think the eyes follow you no matter where you are standing. They look right at you, which was kind of bold and daring for the time. What is she thinking about? Look at her eyes, too. Another thing people always like to point out about the Mona Lisa is her curious smile. The two sides don't even seem to match up very well. The people in Leonardo's paintings looked so much more life-like than many of the other artists of his time due to these techniques, both of which he used on his most famous painting, "The Mona Lisa." Notice how Mona Lisa's body is hazy all around the edges and almost seems to blend in with the landscape behind.Īlso take note of the landscape-it is quite wild and mysterious, almost like it is out of a fantasy book. He smoothed everything out with a hazy glaze in a technique he called "sfumato" (sfoo-mah-toe), which means "smoky." He also used SHADOWS and HIGHLIGHTS to add to the realistic illusion. One of the things Leonardo invented was a way to make the figures he painted look more round and realistic, instead of flat and outlined. Leonardo used what he learned from nature and science to make his paintings look real. Because he was worried about other people finding out about his discoveries, he wrote all his notes in a code (the code was fairly simple - you can read them if you hold them up to a mirror - and read Italian, of course). Leonardo filled up many notebooks with his drawings and ideas. He used his drawings to help him see how things would work.
Leonardo designed plans for beautiful churches, bridges, even whole cities. He was an architect, a musician, sculptor, scientist, inventor, and mathematician. Leonardo was famous not only because he could paint well, but also because he was skilled at so many other things, too. This was a time when people were very interested in learning many new things, including about art. Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist who lived from 1452 -1519 in a time called the Renaissance.
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