One of the major artists
of the Renaissance, along with Michelangelo and Raphael Leonardo
da Vinci was born in 1452 in Tuscany. Apprenticed to the sculptor
del Verrocchio (c1435-1488) and worked from 1482 in the court
of Milan. The ruling family of Florence, the Medici ignored his
entirely. He pioneered a new artistic technique called sfumato
- which gave the appearance of small changes in graduation of
light so outlines took on a softened appearance. His Mona Lisa,
one of the most famous paintings in the history of Western art
typifies this style of painting.
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St Petersburg Virgin and Child with a Vase of Flowers Alte Pinakothek
Munich
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Florence Madonna of the Rocks c1506 - National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne
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