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Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 in the village of Vinci, Tuscany. He lived in Florence Italy, Leonardo spent about twenty years in the service of Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan. Leonardo is a painter some of his famous paintings are The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, and the Vitruvian Man. He used oil paint for the famous painting the Mona Lisa. His Style of artwork was Italian High Renaissance. High Renaissance meaning it was at its most famous point in time. Leonardo had many skills such as architecture. His Mentor Verrocchio was looked up to by Leonardo. Anybody he looked up to was an inspiration or a influence on him. Leonardo spent his later years moving between Florence, Rome, and France. He was working on a variety of projects. He lived long enough to be appreciated and well paid, a rarity among artists. Some of his most favored contributions were stated above. A famous quote of his was this.”Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. file:///Network/Servers/estudents.darien61.org/Volumes/homes/students/chodacki/Desktop/1500-1321.jpg

Artist Statement The artwork I worked was called the last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted this because his employer requested him to do so. Leonardo worked for Ludovico Sforza the duke of Milan for about eighteen years. The duke wanted him to paint a specific religious painting so he decided he wanted the “Last Supper” painted so that’s what Leonardo did. I have been working on this project for a week and, I felt that this drawing was difficult to me, but some part were easy I thought that the people and the table were the hardest but I didn’t really feel any emotions. I thought of how I wanted to draw the picture because I knew that if I drew all the people the whole table and all the details it would have taken forever ! So I decide to do only the middle part with two people, because it would have taken me more than a week to do that with all the details and lines. So that’s when I just did the middle of the table with only three people but it still took me a while with all the details. I liked working on this piece of art but it was pretty hard but I liked it. Some techniques I used was I used a ruler to make straight lines for the table I also measured some of the lines to make them the same length. I could have done better on the project next time I would have put more details and color into the drawing. So my conclusion is that I liked doing this drawing but at some times it could have been frustrating or difficult because of the details but over all I like this project a lot.