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On Wednesday, the 9th of November, the National Gallery in London became the home to an exhibit on Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. The paintings include portraits, as well as unfinished pieces. The gallery "includes nine of da Vinci's 15 surviving paintings." Some of the paintings are newly discovered, as well as have never left their home in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The paintings displayed were done when da Vinci was working as a painter at the Sforza Court. One of his most famous frescos "The Last Supper" was painted during this time. Also during this time, da Vinci was very interested in geometric perfection, and all his paintings have very precise geometric form.
Being an someone who loves art, I find almost everything that has to do with art interesting in some way or another at least for some period of time. This article is interesting because it talks about art pieces of a very famous man that have only recently been discovered, and it gave me a change to look closely at his paintings (pictures) to see what I liked and disliked. I find da Vinci's work beautiful, but with a somewhat rigid edge. Because he was obsessed with geometry, he made every line perfectly placed. With that kind of art, there's not a free look to the piece. He also used somewhat darker colors in his paintings, primarily. There are some that have dark and light contrasts, but they are not a large blend of both. He also was a very serious painter, which is seen through the paintings, other than the portraits, that he did. There are tender expressions, but not particularly happy expressions.
On Wednesday, the 9th of November, the National Gallery in London became the home to an exhibit on Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. The paintings include portraits, as well as unfinished pieces. The gallery "includes nine of da Vinci's 15 surviving paintings." Some of the paintings are newly discovered, as well as have never left their home in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The paintings displayed were done when da Vinci was working as a painter at the Sforza Court. One of his most famous frescos "The Last Supper" was painted during this time. Also during this time, da Vinci was very interested in geometric perfection, and all his paintings have very precise geometric form.
Being an someone who loves art, I find almost everything that has to do with art interesting in some way or another at least for some period of time. This article is interesting because it talks about art pieces of a very famous man that have only recently been discovered, and it gave me a change to look closely at his paintings (pictures) to see what I liked and disliked. I find da Vinci's work beautiful, but with a somewhat rigid edge. Because he was obsessed with geometry, he made every line perfectly placed. With that kind of art, there's not a free look to the piece. He also used somewhat darker colors in his paintings, primarily. There are some that have dark and light contrasts, but they are not a large blend of both. He also was a very serious painter, which is seen through the paintings, other than the portraits, that he did. There are tender expressions, but not particularly happy expressions.
1. Curator
a. "I think this is maybe a once-in-a-lifetime experience," said Luke Syson, curator of Italian painting before 1500 for The National Gallery.
b. a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.
c. She was arguing with the curator of the library over an overdue book payment.
2. Contemporary
a. A copy of "The Last Supper," painted by da Vinci's contemporary Giampietrino, is on display.
b. dating from the same time
c. The schools AP Art works on making similar paintings of contemporary artist from the Renaissance period.
3. Encapsulate
a. "(Da Vinci) thought that the eye and what you could see was the most important way of experiencing the world and that painting could encapsulate all that was visible and invisible in it.
b. enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
c. The school tried to encapsulate the events that took place during the winter holidays.
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