| Leonardo da Vinci is also known as Leonardo di ser | | | | whose gaze meets the viewer's with an expression |
| Piero da Vinci was born on 15th April 1452 was a | | | | often described as mysterious. The haziness of the |
| Tuscan polymath. He was a great mathematician, | | | | sitter's look, the monumentality of the half figure |
| inventor, scientist, engineers, botanist, architect, | | | | composition and the delicate modeling of forms and |
| anatomist, sculptor, writer, musician and a greatest | | | | atmospheric illusionism were novel characters that |
| painter of all times. He was born at Vinci, Florence; | | | | have been contributed to the painting's continuing |
| whose father was Piero da Vinci and his mother was | | | | attraction. |
| a peasant girl. Da Vinci has worked in places like | | | | The Last Supper is a fifteenth century mural painting, |
| Bologna, Venice and Rome; he spent his last final | | | | worked for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and for |
| years in France at a place offered by the King | | | | his duchess Beatrice d' Este. The oil painting |
| Francois l. Leonardo da Vinci has been described as a | | | | represents a scene of the last supper of Jesus Christ |
| universal genius and know as the Renaissance man | | | | during his final days, when Jesus announced that one |
| He was renowned for two of his works; the Mona | | | | of his twelve disciples would be disloyal to him. This |
| Lisa and The Last Supper. These were the two | | | | painting measures about 460 by 880 centimeters or 15 |
| paintings which are considered to be the most religious | | | | feet by 29 feet and the painting can be found at the |
| paintings, most parodied portrait and reproduced. | | | | back halls of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie |
| The Mona Lisa is an amazing sixteenth century portrait | | | | in Milan, Italy. Leonardo painted this on a dry wall rather |
| painting worked on poplar panel with oil. It is also known | | | | than on a wet plaster, so it is not a true fresco. As |
| as La Gioconda (La Jocondda), this is the most | | | | fresco can't be modified as the artist works, he instead |
| arguably and famous painting in the world and few | | | | wanted to seal the wall with layers of gesso, pitch and |
| other works of art has been subject to as much | | | | mastic. The paint was preserved with tempera, as it is |
| study, scrutiny, parody and mythologizing. Now the | | | | one of the methods used, however the piece didn't |
| painting is owned by the French government at the | | | | withstand well; within many years of completion it |
| Muse du Louvre (Museum of Louvre) in Paris, France. | | | | already began to show signs of deterioration. |
| The painting is a half length portrait that depicts a lady | | | | |