Da Vinci Flashcards
Da Vinci’s birth/death?
Name the painting.
Date the painting.
1452-1519
Madonna of the Rocks
1490s
Recent Da Vinci auctioned painting made how much?
$450m
Why do we have not many Da Vinci paintings that can be sold?
Examples.
Many are sure specific.
Frescoes in the refectory of the monstart is Sat Maria dell Grazie in Milan (Last Supper)
Other 4 professions Da Vinci also known for?
What period does he ‘embody the spirit’ of?
Being an inventor, architect, anatomist and military planner.
Renaissance
Define ‘The Renaissance’
The classical beginnings of the story of art.
Period from 1400-1600
Known for flourishing arts, sciences and commerce and the rediscovery if classical learning.
Why are we looking at Da Vinci first, although it is not the oldest painting?
He is considered the embodiment of the Renaissance.
It also contains features of renaissance that artists had been working towards, as we will see next.
Date the Renaissance
1400-1600
