leonardo da vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci. The Renaissance Man. How to Look at Art. Subject – What the art is about Technique – The way the art was created Historic Style – Artistic characteristics specific to an era Symbolism – Using images to convey abstract meaning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Leonardo da Vinci
The Renaissance Man
How to Look at Art• Subject – What the art is about• Technique – The way the art was created• Historic Style – Artistic characteristics specific to an
era• Symbolism – Using images to convey abstract
meaning• Context – Events (historical or personal) that
impacted the art• Personal Interpretation – What do you feel? What do
you see?
Artistic Terminology
• Proportion – Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to
the whole• Perspective
– Approximate representation, on a flat surface, of an image as it is perceived by the eye
Giotto
Linear PerspectiveConvergence Lines (also called orthagonals) – are lines that converge at the vanishing point.
Vanishing Point – is the point to which all lines which are parallel to the viewer recede.
Horizon line – is always at eye level regardless of where you're looking.
This is the Annunciation, a painting Leonardo completed in 1472 when he was 21 years old.
See if you can find the horizon line, orthogonal lines, and vanishing point.
Can you find any orthagonals?
The horizon line?
The vanishing point?
Vanishing Point
Orthagonal Lines
Horizon Line
Da Vinci
The Last Supper
Perspective in “The Last Supper”
The Last Supper
Leonardo the Scientist
Studied many disciplines• Anatomy• Zoology• Botany• Geology
Leonardo the Inventor
• Studied optics, aerodynamics and hydrodynamics
• Promoted himself more as a military engineer than an artist