Mona

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Mona Lisa
And the Renaissance
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Leonardo da Vinci was an artist during the time
period known as the Renaissance. Renaissance
is the French word for rebirth. This was a
period of great change in Art as well as science,
philosophy, and other forms of art such as music,
dance, architecture, and literature. The
Renaissance occurred roughly between the 14th and
17th century throughout Europe.
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The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in
1503-1506.
It is one of the most famous, and most
recognized, paintings in the world.
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Why is this painting so popular?
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'Mona Lisa or GIOCONDA

• Da Vinci's most well-known painting, and arguably
  the most famous painting in the world, the "Mona
  Lisa," was a privately commissioned work and was
  completed sometime between 1505 and 1507. It is
  the inherent spirituality of the human creature
  that Leonardo was able to transfer to the picture
  that raises the human figure to some kind of
  majesty.

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Based on accounts from an early biographer, the
"Mona Lisa" is a picture of Lisa Gioconda, the
real-life wife of a merchant, but that's far from
certain. For da Vinci, the "Mona Lisa" was
forever a work in progress, as it was his attempt
at perfection. The painting was never delivered
to its commissioner da Vinci kept it with him
until the end of his life. Today, the "Mona Lisa"
hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France,
secured behind bulletproof glass, and is regarded
as a priceless national treasure.
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Many well-known artists have copied the Mona
Lisa, or have incorporated it into their own
artwork.
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Marcel Duchamp
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Questions

• Did you draw a human face using correct
  proportions and measures?
• Did you develop an individual approach of
  expression in the portrait?
• Did you use distortion or different techniques to
  create a meaning?
• Did you evaluate your art work?

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Salvador Dali
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Botero
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Andy Warhol
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The Mona Lisa has been turned into any imaginable
object.
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Many advertisements in todays culture use the
Mona Lisa.
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There have also been many artistic take-offs of
the Mona Lisa.
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Your goal is to give the Mona Lisa a rebirth by
painting it like the original, but changing the
head and hands to something different. We will
be having our own Renaissance in class by
changing the most popular painting in history
into something that interests us as individuals.
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Now make your own Mona Lisa!

• Change surroundings - Give Mona a new look - new
  fashion for 21st century.