Liban Mohamed
ENG 111
9/20/17
Essay Two
Made in the Italian renaissance, a rebirth of the arts and literature in Italy and the rest of
still preserved and one of the most well-known of its time and
all time. The Mona Lisa embodied the art styles of the
Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine. This painting utilized realism, a popular
renaissance art type, in every possible aspect. From the oval face and sharp triangular nose
features to the thin but long slender hands, embodies realism. Da Vinci also used thin long wavy
strokes for her hair and long wavy lines for her gown as well. In the background of the portrait
seems to be a beautiful nature landscape. Unlike the realism and preciseness depicted on the
Mona Lisa, the background was the exact opposite. This being said because there were lot of
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blurry lines in the back showing nature, water, and trees as well Da Vinci utilized shapes in the
background using triangle like shapes for trees and an oval for the body of water.
In The renaissance realism was widely spread, meaning people looked much more
realistic in paintings. Artists were always using real people as models so they could be accurate
vs based off of memory. In the Mona Lisa realism was displayed in many ways, one being her
facial features, her eyes, nose, and overall shape were very realistic and proportionate to the way
it would be on her in real life. Ball agreed and found that the smooth shading of the iconic face is
a product of astonishingly fine control of glaze thickness, reflecting how real it was.
Leonardo Like many other Renaissance artists were very Accurate in their paintings and
made their human paintings as lifelike and anatomically correct as possible. This showed that
Humans were positioned in possible ways and their bodies were proportionate to other parts. A
part of the Mona Lisa that portrayed this trait was her hands. The way that her hands were
positioned and the length of her finger in correlation with the rest of her hand was very accurate.
This showed that artists like Da Vinci studied the human body and understood how to display it
in their art. Carbon and Hesslinger agreed that this created a fresher and better-looking person.
The renaissance was a period of beautiful art, new inventions, and many new religions
and theories. All of these factors played an essential role in the art that appeared during this time.
With great enlightenment artists like Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael the movement kept
going for decades. The renaissance led to many art movements and made it prevalent in our
society.
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