Leonardo Da Vinci Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:40 PM VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/share/1562884/ Slides Notes Leonardo = The Renaissance Man What were his fields of expertise? Public domain Pasted from <http://www.moonmentum.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Leonardo_da_Vinci01.jpg> History Page 1 Image is one of Verrochio's sculptures - Leonardo was his apprentice. Leonardo's youth and apprenticeship - Grew up in Venice and was apprenticed to Verrocchio in 1466. It was the same year that Veroccio's master, Donatello, died. marriage Pasted from <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrochioorsanmichelle.jpg> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrochioorsanmichelle.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verrochioorsanmichelle.jpg By Ricardo André Frantz (User:Tetraktys) (taken by Ricardo André Frantz) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons Setting: Milan, Italy Date Sforza Castle In a letter to Ludovico il Moro he claimed to be able to create all sorts of machines both for the protection of a city and for siege. When he fled to Venice in 1499 he found employment as an engineer and devised a system of moveable barricades to protect the city from attack. He also had a scheme for diverting the flow of the Arno River, a project on which Niccolò Machiavelli also worked.[91][92] Leonardo's journals include a vast number of inventions, both practical and impractical. They include musical instruments, hydraulic pumps, reversible crank mechanisms, finned mortar shells, and a steam cannon.[10] [16] Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci> Leonardo later wrote in the margin of a journal "The Medici Sforza Castle in the 16th century made me and the Medici destroyed me." While it was Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau.Milan.png through the action of Lorenzo that Leonardo was to receive Public domain his important Milanese commissions, it is not known exactly what Leonardo meant by this cryptic comment.[10] Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci> Meeting Salia History Page 2 Meeting Salia Giacomo came to live with me on St Mary Magdalene's day (22 July) 1490, aged ten years. The second day I had two shirts cut out for him, a pair of hose and a jerkin, and when I put aside some money to pay for these things he stole the money (4 lire) out of the purse; and I could never make him confess although I was quite certain of it. The day after I went to sup with Giacomo Andrea, and the said Giacomo supped for two and did mischief for four, for he broke three cruets and spilled the wine." And then in the margin, ladro, bugiardo, ostinato, ghiotto--thief, liar, obstinate, glutton. Pasted from <http://serdar-hizli- art.com/leonardo_da_vinci/giacomo_salai.htm> This picture should be a good reference for the drawing because Salai called him a god-man, so with this perspective, it should help with that impression. Salia - father was a boot maker. Apprenticeship. Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, nicknamed Salai or Il Salaino ("The Little Unclean One" i.e., the devil), entered Leonardo's household in 1490. After only a year, Leonardo made a list of his misdemeanours, calling him "a thief, a liar, stubborn, and a glutton", after he had made off with money and valuables on at least five occasions, and spent a fortune on clothes.[58] Nevertheless, Leonardo treated him with great indulgence and he remained in Leonardo's household for the next thirty years.[59] Salai executed a number of paintings under the name of Andrea Salai, but although Vasari claims that Leonardo "taught him a great deal about painting",[37] his work is generally considered to be of less artistic merit than others among Leonardo's pupils, such as Marco d'Oggione and Boltraffio. In 1515, he painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa, known as Monna Vanna.[60] Salai owned the Mona Lisa at the time of his death in 1525, and in his will it was assessed at 505 lire, an exceptionally high valuation for a small panel portrait.[61] Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci> Descriptions and portraits of Leonardo combine to create an image of a man who was tall, athletic and extremely handsome. Portraits indicate that as an older man, he wore his hair long, at a time when most men wore it cropped short, or reaching to the shoulders. While most men were shaven or wore close-cropped beards, Leonardo's beard flowed over his chest. His clothing is described as being unusual in his choice of bright colours, and at a time when most mature men wore long garments, Leonardo's preferred outfit was the short tunic and hose generally worn by younger men. This image of Leonardo has been recreated in the statue of him that stands outside the Uffizi Gallery. Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci% 27s_personal_life> History Page 3 Horse sculpture is mentioned, so it would be great to get that in here. Be sure to include that he was kept so busy on other things for the Duke that he had little time to bring this one to completion. 80 tons of Bronze Ludvico Sfonza tried to manipulate the leaders of France and other countires to his own benefit and inadvertently started the Italian War. The 80 tons of bronze ended up being used for weapons The court was in the control of one of the kings that he angered that started the war. They used Davincis clay sculture for the horse as target practice. Davinci had to really work to fix it back up again. Modern recreation of Leanardo's horse http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_horse_milano.jpg By goatling (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmchoco/63394549/) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons History Page 4 The marriage pageant. January 1491. Character analysis of Ludovico Moro - How the Duke wanted a big pageant not to impress his bride but to make a statement to the one he really wanted, "You could have had me!" Moore because of dark skin. Leonardo - didn't have to make something for generations to come, so he could really go wild, live in the moment. That was how Salai was. Salia had no talent, but he accepted it and made no pretenses. It made him empty of jealousy, unlike the other apprentices. Public domain Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ludovico-Sforza-1495.jpg> The 15 year old quickly charmed the court. This is a portrait of Beatrice, stry heroine that was painted by Leonardo as a wedding gift Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ambrogio_de_Predis_-_Ritratto_di_una_dama.jpg> Public domain Skip Cecilia, mistress and mother of his son in the same year that he married Beatrice. Sat for Leonardo in about 1489. History Page 5 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Lady_with_an_Ermine.jpg Leonardo da Vinci [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons This is Bianca Sforza - 1482 to 1496) daughter of Ludovio and mistress Bernadine de Corradis. Peter Silverman, an art collector, had an amazing luck – in 2007 he bought a painting “Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress” on ordinary sale at price of £12 000. Scientific research confirmed, that this can be unknown portrait made by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century. And in fact it’s worth millions of pounds! The same painting was sold in 1998 in Fine Art Auction House Christie’s as “German, early 19th century”. World’s best art-authorities committed a huge mistake – and weird is that someone noticed this, bought the painting, gave to examination and became a millionaire from day-to-day. A Paris laboratory discovered that a fingerprint near the top of the left site of the work is very similar to Leonardo’s – to make a comparison other works of this renaissance genius were used. Besides this one element there are also other things that might speak for the theory of Leonardo da Vinci autorship – similarity with other his works, left handedness of the artist, soft drawing and perfect chiaroscuro. Painting was made with chalk and colour inks, and it Pasted from <http://www.coool-stuff.com/tag/oxford-university/> presents a beautiful woman in gorgeous costume probably descended from late 15th century, Milanese fashion. Martin Kemp, Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University, has written a book about the painting and has identified the girl as Bianca Sforza, the daughter of Ludovico Sforza. Pasted from <http://www.coool-stuff.com/tag/oxford-university/> The Last Supper The plaster wasn’t completely dried and some damage resulted that began in just a year. It was one of his most famous works. He set his apostles up in groups of three which was an unusual arrangement compared to other artist’s work with the same topic. Jesus is at the vanishing point which brings your eyes right to him. Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DaVinci_LastSupper_high_res_2_nowatmrk.jpg> Public domain History Page 6 Pasted from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Last_supper_right_wall.jpg> This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. 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