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Famous Artworks
Famous paintings and sculptures are those which have become very well recognized or iconic in the public consciousness, and are by various artists and from various times. Come into this category to explore works and the artists who created them.
1,680 Questions
What is the symmetry of the Mona Lisa?
The painting is a rectangle. Leonardo used artistic principles to enhance the piece, such as a triangular shape between objects and subject and atmospheric perspective.
What does the painting 'Wreck of the Hesperus' look like?
I too was interested in such an answer (Groucho Marx refers to a painting of such title being tatooed on 'Lydia the tattoed Lady' in his song of that name). An entry on Google states that William McTaggart RSA (presumably Member of Royal Scottish Academy) painted a picture with that title based upon the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hope this helps.
Who was David What significance of the history of Florence does he provide?
David is a character of the Old Testament who defeated a much bigger enemy. Florence liked to equate themselves with him.
What was the painting technique for the last supper?
If you mean Leonardo's painting it used the perspective, an invention which was then about 80 years old. Leonardo also invented some new paint to use here. It was a disaster and has deteriorated horribly.
Who inspired Leonardo da Vinci to become an artist?
There is usually one and the same answer to those questions 'Why did XXX become an artist?' Because they felt they had the talent and the urge. It is as simple as that!
Leonardo da Vinci had a famous painting called the Last Supper. This is a picture of Jesus at his last supper and there are many people around him, this is a simple picture but it is different from the paintings before, and if you look into it is very complex. There are humanism themes embedded in the painting. In the background of the painting there are windows, and out the windows there is landscape of hills and other thing. This shows real life and the depth of the painting, all the different layers of the painting. Then there is also immense amounts of symmetry in this painting. This was important to humanism because everything was supposed to be balanced. Also man's perfection was a big part in the renaissance, and a body id symmetrical. So some symmetry in The Last Supper was, on either side of Jesus was a group of six people, then in those groups of people each was split into two other groups, all very even and symmetrical. There was also four panels on each side of the walls. Another characteristic of humanism art was real emotions. Every single person in this painting( besides Jesus, who was left out for obvious reasons) is not smiling. They are giving real emotions. Humanism art was all about emotions, and being real. All the people in the painting seem concerned or anxious, all real emotions, they are not just happy all the time. Like what was stated before, artist of the time wanted to show how real people in the paintings were. All the people have shaded in feature which give them the look of real people. It also looks like there was a light coming one side of the room, so it hit the peoples face and made them look all different. Humanists also focused in religion( as well as secular views) because people in ancient Greece studied religion and humanist were trying to make their lives as similar to ancient Greece as possible.
The city in which Leonardo da Vinci produced 'Mona Lisa' a famous painting in history?
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. According to Leonardo's contemporary, Giorgio Vasari, "...after he had lingered over it four years, left it unfinished...." Leonardo, later in his life, is said to have regretted "never having completed a single work".
What color is the mona lisa's eyes?
Used in the face are mostly worm colours such as yellows, oranges, reds and tones in between. In the backround there are mostly cold colours such as green and blue. There are not any specific colours and also over time the original colour of the painting has faded. Hope this is at least a little bit helpful.
Painting by E Narmour artist and would like to know how much it is worth?
Etoil (E.H.) Narmour was my grandmother. She lived in Lubbock, Texas and died in 1978. I don't know how much your painting is worth but to me I suppose it would be priceless. I would be interested in knowing what year she painted it. I have a picture of her painting at the art guild with my dad sitting beside her. He is about fourtheen. It must have been in the late forties. My dad grew up to be a very successful architect, I am a visual arts teacher, my sister is an interior designer and my youngest sister is a commercial graphics artist. My daughter just graduated in arts education and my other two children are very talented artistically as well. My grandmother has left a wonderful artistic legacy to hopefully continue through more generations. Congratulation on your painting, I hope you will enjoy it for many years to come.
Kimberly Narmour Helms
Why is Mona Lisa painting famous in Egypt?
'cos it was done by a famous artist and it is a good painting with a lot of work adn effort innit
the mona Lisa is an ugly woman, but the brilliance of the painting is in the detail of the scenery surrounding the focal point of mona Lisa herself.
Why are the cherubs so famous?
The cherubs are so popular today because they represent the hidden secrets of the Church; at the time the painter, Raphael, was inspired by God to reveal the crimes of the Church to the world, but could only do so by painting the cherubs in the Sistine Madonna.
What is the statue of David covered by?
In the Old Testament David was a young boy who had to meet the gigantic Philistine warrior, Goliath. There are several versions, made by famous sculptors. Michelangelo shows David focusing on the enemy.
Was the Cafe At Night painted or colored?
He wanted to "paint the night right on the spot"
Said Van Gogh to his sister in a letter from Arles, 9 and 16 September 1888.
Who paints the girl with a pearl earring?
Jan Vermeer - Dutch, 1632 - 1675 . Also called Johannes, Johan, and Johannis
What inspired Michelangelo's sculpture the David?
Michelangelo was a piecer....he pieced together his models...
He also had a photographic memory...
Michelangelo pieced the david from other clay models... like the hands and arms could have come from another of his models ...which have since been destroyed
see web page on this....
Who served as the model for the Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting the 'Mona Lisa'?
The painting is a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant. Her name was Lisa Gherardini.
The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano
We do not know because while the painting is called the Mona Lisa, we do not know who the painting is of.
What is the partial or total blocking of one object by another?
When one object blocks the other from sight then it is called an eclipse.
'Blue Boy' paintings exist by artists:
Linda Apple,
RD Roccoboni,
Brian Cravenho,
Byron Tik,
l.h.boroson
Are there evil faces in Lindberg's guardian angel painting?
(Note: it is a known aspect of human visual observation that the mind will form images of "faces" and other familiar forms, even where these are not intentionally depicted. It is impossible to tell if a detail was purposely added to a painting or if it exists solely through the imagination of the viewer.)
--- I've had this picture since I was a very young child. I am now almost 60 years old. The picture had a green foil type frame. My sister now has the picture. I purchased another one like it except it has the red foil on the frame. Someone pointed out to me what looks like the image of the devil over the little boys hat. From what I see it looks exactly like a devil. The way I take this is the devil is trying to hurt the children, but the beautiful Guardian Angel is there protecting them. I cannot find out anything about this. Hope someone can enlighten me on it.
My girlfriend's parents have this painting and it does look like a devil figure. If you look past the angel, the black area that lines the outside of the angels body and wing it makes an image of a boy with his mouth open as if staring scared.
Hi, I learned of this picture through a church I went to when I was a teenager and this is how I heard of this story ... There was a man who was tired of being poor.. he loved to paint but wasn't very good at it and he saw many people making good money from painting.. He made a deal with the devil..He told the devil "I will give you my soul if you can make me a great painter so that I can make lots of money" well the devil had to add his own twist to the story.. He said to the man sure but you have to paint what I say and add what I want you to add... well the man agreed .. The paintings that this man was to paint was was to give false hope..the devil said to the man "I want you to make paintings of angels protecting others but in it I want you to put symbols of me inside it.. so that when others hang these paintings in there home they will be seeing me and not God.." In the painting "Guardian Angel" or " Heilige Schutzengel" there were several symbols hidden in this painting .. upside down crosses , faces of the devil, and of a goat ... now I haven't seen this painting in many years so I cant exactly show you where they are but I know they are there.. If any one has a painting of this in there home I urge that you do your research of angels in the bible and please take this picture or figurines out of your home .. if you chose to keep this pic in your home to use as a teaching tool please place it face side down.
I had a friend several years ago to point me out 3 skull faces in this painting, they were plain as day! It spooked me somewhat, also the picture to me, it may mean well or whatever, I don't know, but from the images my friend pointed out, I seen 3 skulls, one was in the Angel's hair, but also other stuff in it that looked satanic. I wish someone knew the secret behind the picture.
i personally have had this picture (one of the originals) hanging above my brothers bed when we used to share a room when we were younger. we knew nothing of the hidden images in this picture. although throughout the time it was hanging there me and my brother would have horrible dreams of satanic things. waking up in the middle of the night seeing demons and other evil figures. never knew that it had anything to do with something so simple as a picture. somehow my parents ended up finding out about this picture and they took it out of our house and burned it (we were young enough at the time that my parents wouldn't show us what they saw in the picture because they didn't want to scare us) but i got curious and started looking for it. I haven't seen everything because i cant find a picture big enough to really see everything all i can see is the Mary with horns praying (behind the children in the angels robe..she is turned to the right) but i know of other people who have seen the other things that are hidden this picture. after dealing with the evil presents of the devil and his followers and seeing them..this is a picture that i would advise anyone who has it so get rid of it. its not something you want to mess with.
