Renaissance Archives - Art-Cultural-Partners https://www.culturalpartners.org/category/renaissance/ Art blog Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:05:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.culturalpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/splash-210x210.png Renaissance Archives - Art-Cultural-Partners https://www.culturalpartners.org/category/renaissance/ 32 32 Madonna and Spindle. Leonardo da Vinci https://www.culturalpartners.org/madonna-and-spindle-leonardo-da-vinci/ https://www.culturalpartners.org/madonna-and-spindle-leonardo-da-vinci/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:47:41 +0000 https://www.culturalpartners.org/?p=31 “The Madonna with a Spindle is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, commissioned around 1501 by Florimunde Robertet, secretary to King Louis XII of France. At least three copies are known, of which two are attributed to da Vinci…

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]]> “The Madonna with a Spindle is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, commissioned around 1501 by Florimunde Robertet, secretary to King Louis XII of France. At least three copies are known, of which two are attributed to da Vinci or his school: one circa 1501, the other circa 1510.
The 1501 copy, is in the possession of the Duke of Buccle in Great Britain. In 2003, the painting was stolen from the Duke’s ancestral castle by two burglars pretending to be tourists. As they carried the painting out the window, they reassured the two real New Zealand tourists, “Don’t worry, darlings, we’re police. It’s just a drill.” The painting was found in Glasgow and returned in October 2007. It is now in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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]]> https://www.culturalpartners.org/madonna-and-spindle-leonardo-da-vinci/feed/ 0 Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci https://www.culturalpartners.org/mona-lisa-leonardo-da-vinci/ https://www.culturalpartners.org/mona-lisa-leonardo-da-vinci/#respond Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:27:34 +0000 https://www.culturalpartners.org/?p=28 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa 1502-1516, 76.8×53 cm. Louvre, Paris.It is perhaps difficult to find a person on the globe who would not be familiar with “Gioconda”. It is undoubtedly the most famous work of the talented Italian. Many of…

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]]> Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa 1502-1516, 76.8×53 cm. Louvre, Paris.
It is perhaps difficult to find a person on the globe who would not be familiar with “Gioconda”. It is undoubtedly the most famous work of the talented Italian. Many of the mysteries and mysteries of this painting by Leonardo da Vinci have not yet been solved:

“Mona Lisa” had a special significance in the life of the artist – it is no secret that sometimes, fascinated by something new, he was very reluctant to return to the interrupted work. However, over the “Mona Lisa”, he worked with passion and enthusiasm. Why?

It is unclear exactly who the portrait depicts. Was it the wife of the merchant del Giocondo? Or the same woman who posed for “Lady with an ermine”? There is even a version that as a model for the Mona Lisa was Salai – one of the artist’s apprentices, depicted by him in at least two other paintings.
What color was the original color of Gioconda’s dress? Apparently, Leonardo again experimented with paints, and again unsuccessfully, so that nothing remained of the original color of the sleeves. Contemporaries, by the way, admired the luxurious coloring of the painting.
And finally, the mysterious half-smile – is she smiling at all, or is it just an illusion, skillfully created by the artist through shadows in the corners of the lips?

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