Renaissance Art: The Birth Of Art

Renaissance – known to be the birth of art was famous for perspective drawings and paintings which allowed the artist to paint from the audience point of view.

Leonardo da vinci, Michel Angelo, Raphael and Donattelo were the famous painters of the renais sance period.

Vasari – a writer, historian, painter and architect ; argued that renaissance art was better than medival art. For example - the Vigin and

Child painted by two different artists at two different times-

The painting on the left is by Fra Angelico (1438-1440,Florence, early renaissance) and the painting on the right is by Guido Sa Siena

(c1275,Siena). The painting on the right is not easy to read, it is a two dimentional pattern, the bodies look stiff and angluar, the drapey

He was famous for his drawin of water lifing devices, giant cross bow, woman’s torso, Female head, the virigin and child, Madonna of the rocks , the Mona Lisa and the Last supper.

His two most famous paintings the Mona Lisa and the Last supper achieved great recognition and are still studied till date.

The Mona Lisa was painted by Da vinci around 1503. It is said to be the potrait of Lisa del Giocondo , the wife of the silk merchant Francesco de Giocondo. The Mona Lisa became an house hold name only after it was stolen from the Louvre museum, Paris by a handy man Vincenzo Peruggia. It was kept in hiding for 2 years till it was found again.

In the mean while, another painting which was named the Isle Worth Mona Lisa was discovered by a traveller who was visiting an estate in Somerset- Hugh blaker. Ashtonishingly the Isle Worth Mona Lisa looked exactly like the Stolen Mona Lisa. Except the Isle worth Mona Lisa looks much younger in this painting. The discovery of two Mona lisa’a causes a huge doubt, questioning if Da Vinci painted two Mona

But in Da Vinci’s documents he had mentioned that the Mona Lisa was unfinished. Which contradicts common beliefs because the painting at The Louvre is finished whereas the Isle Worth Mona Lisa is unfinished.

Raphael – another renowned artist of the renaissance once visited Leonardo Da Vinci’s studio and was fascinated by the Mona Lisa at first sight. His fascination led him to sketch the painting right there at the moment. His sketch was later found and observed that there were two pillars next to Mona Lisa which was very similar to the Isle Worth Mona Lisa unlike the Mona Lisa in the