Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, sometimes called The Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, believed to have been executed c.1499-1500. The drawing is incharcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper glued together. Because of its large size and format the drawing is presumed to be a cartoon for a painting. No painting by Leonardo exists that is based directly on this cartoon.

The drawing depicts the Virgin Mary seated on the knees of her mother St Anne and holding the Child Jesus while St. John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, stands to the right. It currently hangs in the National Gallery in London.

The Uffizi Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci was painted, with Andrea del Verrocchio, circa 1472–1475.The wings were later extended by another artist. A variant exists at the Louvre Museum.The angel holds a Madonna lily, a symbol of Mary's virginity and of the city of Florence. It is supposed thatLeonardo originally copied the wings from those of a bird in flight, but they have since been lengthened by a later artist.When the Annunciation came to the Uffizi in 1867, from the Olivetan monastery of San Bartolomeo, near Florence, it was ascribed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, who was, like Leonardo, an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. In 1869, Karl Eduard von Liphart, the central figure of the German expatriate art colony in Florence, recognized it as a youthful work by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, one of the first attributions of a surviving work to the youthful Leonardo.Since then a preparatory drawing for the angel's sleeve has been recognized and attributed to Leonardo.Verrocchio used lead-based paint and heavy brush strokes. He left a note for Leonardo to finish the background and the angel. Leonardo used light brush strokes and no lead. When the Annunciation was x-rayed, Verrocchio's work was evident while Leonardo's angel was invisible.

The marble table, in front of the Virgin, probably quotes the tomb of Piero and Giovanni de' Medici in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, which Verrocchio had sculpted during this same period. Some immature hesitancies are usually noted, especially the Virgin's ambiguous spatial relation to the desk and the marble on which it rests.

The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milancreated by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as it is told in theGospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him.

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo[1]) is a portrait by the Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503-1519. It is on permanent display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, Lisa del Giocondo, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmatic.[2] The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.[1] The image is widely recognised, caricatured, and sought out by visitors to the Louvre, and it is considered the most famous painting in the world.

Monday, August 22, 2011

St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata

This paintings name is 'St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata'.the artist who made this painting was Giotto. this painting was made in Italy.I don't know the perfect date in which it was made but i am sure it was made between 1297-1299. If you want to see this painting you can see it in 'San Francesco, Assisi, Italy'.

Boy with pipe

This paintings name is 'Boy with pipe'.It was made by Pablo Picasso in 1905. the nationality of this painting was Spanish.this painting was in Pablo Picasso's private account.

Guernica

This painting's name is Guernica . This painting is made by Pablo Picasso . It was made in 1937 in Spain. If you want to see this painting you need to go 'Museo centro de arte reina sofia, madrid, Spain'.