Painting the Mona Lisa.. Visual gag (the real Mona Lisa behind the scenes).

Painting the Mona Lisa.

Visual gag (the real Mona Lisa behind the scenes).

Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci". His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci."

Portrait of Mona Lisa - (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06; Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris

DAVID

Michelangelo's David, sculpted from 1501 to 1504, is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and one of Michelangelo's two greatest works of sculpture, along with the Pietà. It is the statue of the young Israelite king David alone that almost certainly holds the title of the most recognizable stone sculpture in the history of art. It has become regarded as a symbol both of strength and youthful human beauty. The 4.34 meter (14 ft) marble statue portrays the Biblical King David in the nude, at the moment that he decides to do battle with Goliath. It came to symbolize the Florentine Republic, an independent city state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states. This interpretation was also encouraged by the original setting of the sculpture outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence. The completed sculpture was unveiled on 8 September 1504.

Donotello’s David with Goliath’s head

The Last Supper   -  1498; Fresco, 460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 ft); Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan

Portrait of a Musician - 1485  - Oil on Wood Panel  - Pinacoteca Ambrosiana      Milan     Italy

Saint John the Baptist   (1400's) 

Portrait of a Woman - 1490 - Oil on panel Biblioteca Ambrosiana Milan  

Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to the Left - Red and black chalk - Royal Library, Windsor - Possibly a study for Saint Anne 

Portrait of a Lady from the Court of Milan, called La Belle Ferronniere

Ginevra de' Benci   - c. 1474; Oil on wood, 38.2 x 36.7 cm (15 1/8 x 14 1/2 in); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Madonna of the Rocks (Center panel - "Panels for an Ancona") 1503-06 (140 Kb); Oil on wood, 189.5 x 120 cm (6 x 4 ft); National Gallery, London

http://digilander.libero.it/debibliotheca/Arte/Leonardopaint_file/page_01.htm

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html#images

Website for seeing all of the images in the Sistine Chapel

The Pieta: Michelangelo

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