Leonardo DaVinci 14521519

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• Leonardo DaVinci (known as Leonardo)
• 1452-1519
• Painter, Inventor
• Did not have any students or followers which was
  unusual at the time he lived.
• Why do you think that was unusual?

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• Leonardo did not have a relationship with his
  father, but his father paid for him to study art.
• When he was learning to paint, Leonardo studied
  dead bodies to learn how to improve his painting.
  He thought that if he knew how things looked on
  the inside he could draw them better on the
  outside.

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• What do you see in this picture?
• Pay attention to the action in the foreground.
  
• What do you see in the background?
• What do you think Leonardo was thinking about
  when he painted this picture?

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• Leonardo was more interested in experimenting
  with painting than in the actual completion of
  the work.
• This is one of his most famous paintings and he
  didnt even finish it!

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• These are portraits of three different women he
  painted.
• How do you think each one is feeling? Why?

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• Leonardo used a technique called sfumato, which
  is a smudging of the edges of the object in the
  front with the background.
• Why do you think he used this technique?

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Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

• What do you like about Leonardos paintings?
  Why?
• What dont you like about Leonardos paintings?
  Why?