Презентация на тему по теме Leonardo da Vinci and his Mona Lisa

famous and most valuable painting in the world.

It is

a portrait painting of a woman that is half in length.

It is the most visited painting in the world.

portrait of a wife of a rich Merchant who

lived in Florence, Italy.

The rich merchants of Florence liked to have painted a portrait of themselves once in a lifetime during the Renaissance period.

by Leonardo da Vinci.
His full name was Leonardo di

ser Piero da Vinci and was known as Leonardo da Vinci or Leonardo.
He was an person of wide knowledge and learning who lived during the Italian Renaissance.

painters of his time.

His areas of interest and expertise

included invention, painting, science, sculpting, music, architecture, botany, geology, cartography, writing, anatomy, history, engineering, literature, astronomy and mathematics.

Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned by Francesco del

Giocondo to paint an oil painting

Francesco del Giocondo was a rich silk merchant of Florence.

Francesco del Giocondo wanted the painting to be a portrait of his wife that was intended to be hanged in their new home.

the lady who posed for the Mona Lisa?
The real

name of Mona Lisa was Lisa del Giocondo and was also known as Lisa Gherardini, Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini.

She belonged to the Gherardini family who lived in Florence and Tuscany in Italy.

the lady who posed for the Mona Lisa?
The real

name of Mona Lisa was Lisa del Giocondo and was also known as Lisa Gherardini, Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini.

She belonged to the Gherardini family who lived in Florence and Tuscany in Italy.

Lisa?
Mona Lisa is an English title that has been

derived from the Italian word “Mona” which is short form of the phrase “ma doona“.

Mona or Ma doona means “My Lady”.

Another name for the mona lisa in Italian is La Gioconda and in French is La Joconde which means happy or jovial.

represent?
The painting of the Mona Lisa visually representation the

idea of happiness.

This idea of happiness is defined by one word “gioconda” in Italian.

is the Mona Lisa painting?
The Mona Lisa was painted

in sometime between 1503 and 1519.

During this time period Leonardo da Vinci was living in Florence, Italy.

The Mona Lisa painting is around 500 years old

painted in Florence, Italy.

Florence is the capital city of

Tuscany region of Italy.

It is well known for its extraordinary masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture.

Lisa?
Historians suggest that it took approximately four years to

paint Mona Lisa. It is believed that Leonardo started painting Mona Lisa in 1503, kept working on it for the next four years and also kept it with himself for some years later on.

Lisa?
The technique used in painting Mona Lisa is called

Sfumato.

According to Leonardo da Vinci Sfumato is blending of colors without the use of borders and lines just like smoke.

This technique creates a soft transition between different tones and colors to make the image more real.

Lisa?
The technique used in painting Mona Lisa is called

Sfumato.

According to Leonardo da Vinci Sfumato is blending of colors without the use of borders and lines just like smoke.

This technique creates a soft transition between different tones and colors to make the image more real.

famous because it was the first painting that used

the 1 point perspective i.e. the use of background and it became the standard for all future portrait paintings.

Furthermore, the unusual smile, timeless eyes and how the woman looks both young and old at the same time, makes the painting one of its kind.

in the 1500s, it was not until the 1860s

that it caught the attention of the art critics, who began to regard it as an icon of Renaissance period.

However, the Painting become famous outside the art world when it was stolen from the Louvre Museum. It created a media sensation and the theft was reported in the media all over the world.

stolen on August 21st, 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggi.
He hired

three Italian handyman to steal the painting for him. They ripped the painting from its frame.
The theft was reported all over the globe and posters were posted all around Paris.
Vincenzo Peruggi was arrested and sentenced eight months in prison.

Lisa Painting Size
The size of Mona Lisa is 77

cm x 53 cm i.e. 30 in × 21 in.

by the French government and is put on display

at Louvre Museum.

Lisa is set on display for public in the

Louvre Museum right now.

Louvre was a royal palace which at the end of 18th century, was converted into a public museum.

The museum displays about 35,000 objects and Mona Lisa is the most famous object.

was displayed at Uffizi and at various museums in

Italy in December 1913 after its recovery from theft.
In 1963, it was displayed in the United States of America for seven weeks at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
During 1974 it was displayed at Tokyo National Museum, Japan and at Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia.

the value of the Mona Lisa?
According to the Guinness

World Records, Mona Lisa has the highest insurance value than any other painting in history.

The worth of Mona Lisa was assessed to be US$100 million on December 14, 1962 which must be equal to around US$790 million in 2016 taking account of inflation.

Lisa?
Every year over 6 million people visit the Louvre

Museum to see the Mona Lisa.