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Leonardo da Vinci's study in silverpoint for The Horse, c. 1488 [1] Study in silverpoint for the monument (abandoned design), c. 1490 [2]. Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but never completed.
The Vitruvian Man (Italian: L'uomo vitruviano; [ˈlwɔːmo vitruˈvjaːno]) is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490. Inspired by the writings of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius , the drawing depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed ...
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
When comparing Raphael's paintings with those of Leonardo da Vinci, it is evident that Raphael was inspired by Leonardo's technique of creating action that is suspended in time. The way in which the Archangel's body is depicted with arm raised and foot planted on the back of Satan gives a sense of motion.
Such was the case back in the 1480s, when a young Leonardo da Vinci was coming up in. Alamy By Drake Baer Even a Renaissance man is occasionally on the job hunt. Such was the case back in the ...
The Rearing Horse and Mounted Warrior or Budapest horse is a bronze sculpture attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.Depicting Francis I of France on a destrier horse, it is estimated to have been cast from a clay or wax model in the first half of the 16th century. [1]
In 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was given the commission by gonfaloniere Piero Soderini, a contract signed by Niccolò Machiavelli, to decorate the Palazzo Vecchio's Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred). At the same time his rival Michelangelo, who had just finished his David, was designated the opposite wall. This was the only time that ...
This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates literally as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of the subjunctive verb mood. si vales valeo (SVV) if you are well, I am well (abbr)