Chapter 4 "Early Painting"
is a paper that discusses the history of painting in the 15th century. This article begins with a quote from Leonardo Da Vinci which contains "I think I'm learning to live. I just learned to die. " Why is Leonardo Da Vinci? Because all of this writing tells the history of Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpieces at that time which was legendary until now.
The author of "Early Paintings" reports directly on Da Vinci's paintings starting from his painting called St. Jerome in the Wilderness, then The Virgin of The Rocks, and finally The Last Supper. The author explains in detail about the Vinci painting. First the author describes how the pictures of the paintings are filled, then explains how they are, then where the paintings are stored, until the depiction of da Vinci's psychological state during the process of making his paintings.
Chapter 5 "Painting of the 16th Century"
is a paper that tells of the 16th century made by Leonardo Da Vinci which gave the name Mona lisa which is now enshrined in the French Louvre museum. Then, Leonardo said, the monalisa was Leonardo's mother, the wife of a silk trader, etc. Monalisa is also the best painting in the world and broke the price of $ 700 in 2015. Not only does the Mona Lisa have Leonardo's paintings that are popular and well-known by other artists, titled The Virgin and Child with St.Anne. which tells the Virgin Mary, third, and mother, ST. anne.
Chapter 6 "Scientific Studies and Anatomy"
This chapter tells Leonardo Because Leonardo did not see the difference between science and art, he looked at it with the same interests. He believed that by learning science, this would make him a better artist. According to him, there is no science of science, there will never be anything called art.
Seems interesting, but i don't really understand what is the book about.
BalasHapusLeonardo Da Vinci is a talented figure in the art world. and inspired many people especially me.
BalasHapusGood review, btw is this the version that written by Walter Isaacson?
BalasHapusI don't really understand about the book, but after read this review i think the actor of this book can be inspired for others people.
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