March 23–June 20, 2010 at the Getty Center. Audio: Curator Julian Brooks introduces the exhibition. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519) was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer (military, civil, and aeronautical), inventor, anatomist, cartographer, theoretician, and musician. His instinctive curiosity led him to numerous discoveries Nov 21, 2023 · Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist, inventor, and engineer famous for his work during the Italian Renaissance. Often working under the patronage of rulers and dignitaries Dec 12, 2023 · The Mona Lisa (/ˌmoʊnə ˈliːsə/; Italian: Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza] or La Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda], French: La Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". The High Renaissance began with the works of Leonardo da Vinci as his paintings, The Virgin of the Rocks (1483-1485), and, most notably, The Last Supper (1490s), exemplified psychological complexity, the use of perspective for dramatic focus, symbolism, and scientifically accurate detail. However, both works were created in Milan, and it wasn't Nov 21, 2019 · Artist: Leonardo da Vinci The most famous work by renowned artist Michelangelo covers a section of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling – you have to look up to view it. The scene depicts God and 1. The Last Supper. The most famous painting of Jesus Christ is without doubt the last supper. Painted by none other than Leonardo da Vinci it depicts the last supper of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. Painted in the late 15th century as a mural on the walls of the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Nov 11, 2023 · Like his contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a master of many artistic trades, painting chief among them. In the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, he painted two of the most impressive frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and the The Last Judgment on the altar wall. Michelangelo completed the Jul 25, 2019 · #1: Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci. The sale of de Kooning’s Interchange held the record for the world’s most expensive painting until 2017. The record was broken by the sale of Da Vinci’s famed Salvator Mundi on November 15. The painting was purchased at auction by Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud, Minister of Culture to the Kingdom of By the 1490s, his style became more personal and to some extent mannered. His last works show him moving in a direction opposite to that of Leonardo da Vinci (seven years his junior) and the new generation of painters creating the High Renaissance style, and instead returning to a style that many have described as more Gothic or "archaic". YiIlU.