Famous Painters Takeover

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This week is all about Famous Painters.

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Michelangelo By Lou

Van Gogh By Rin

Frida Kahlo By Nate

Faith Ringgold By Elliott

Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci was

a scientist, mathematician, engineer,

inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor,

architect, botanist, composer, and writer.

He lived from April 15, 1452, to May 2,

1519. Leonardo was schooled in the

workshop of the renowned Florentine

painter Verrocchio after being born as

the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da

Vinci, and a peasant girl, Caterina, at

Vinci in the area of Florence.

He spent a large portion of his initial

working years in Milan working for

Ludovico il Moro. He later worked in

Rome, Bologna, and Venice before

finishing his years in at the

residence that King François I had

provided for him.

Leonardo has frequently been referred

to as the prototypical “Renaissance man,”

a person whose inventiveness was only

sured by his seemingly limitless

curiosity. Probably the most gifted

person to have ever lived, he is regarded

as one of the greatest artists of all time.

Leonardo was and is largely known for

his paintings. The Mona Lisa and The

Last Supper, two of his paintings, hold

the title of being the most well-known,

frequently duplicated, and frequently

copied religious and portrait paintings

of all time, with Michelangelo’s Creation

of Adam coming in second. The

illustration by Leonardo

is also well-known.

Only fifteen of his paintings are said to

still exist; this low number is a result of

his continual, usually disastrous

experimenting with new techniques and

his propensity for putting things off.

Nevertheless, his journals, which include

sketches, scientific diagrams, and

reflections on the nature of painting,

along with these few pieces of work,

represent a gift to following generations

of artists that is only sured by that

of his colleague, Michelangelo.

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