Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503.He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well.An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife.This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work.Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and math.Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the Mona Lisa.The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls.Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her.Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side.Her head is turned to look out of the painting.Her hands are held together in front of her.This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist.He lived in 1 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.He painted some of 2 pictures in the world.Mona Lisa is a good example of his works.He 3 painting Mona Lisa in 1503.
Da Vinci loved science and 4 .He used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.And a person can 5 see that there is a lot of geometry(几何学)in Mona Lisa.The face of Mona Lisa is 6 many circles and round shapes like balls.Even her 7 can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is 8 on a balcony(阳台)? and mountains can be seen behind her.Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, 9 we can see these in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side.He hands are held together 10 her.This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman.
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Who designed(设计)the first helicopter(直升飞机)? Who 1 the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most 2 ? There is an answer 3 all these questions-Leonardo de Vinci(达芬奇)
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius(天才) 4 have ever known.He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today.For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter.Of course, he couldn't 5 a helicopter with the things he had.But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo 6 an inventor.He was one of the greatest artists of his day.By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master(大师)painter, and as he got older he became 7 more famous.Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways 8 he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with 9 today.You may know one of his most famous works the 10 woman known as the Mona Lisa.