![]() ![]() Leonardo also famously dissected corpses to do a thorough study of human anatomy, which allowed him to fully understand the facial structure of his model and the underlying muscle and skeletal structures of all the figures he drew and painted. Leonardo's other innovative technique of "sfumato" meaning smoke created a painting with many thin glazes or layers of oil paint rather than the bright and flat washes of egg tempera. Perugino worked in oil paints and he has captured many lifelike details faithfully.īut why does the Mona Lisa still look more lifelike? Leonardo pioneered several painting techniques, one was known as "chiaroscuro" which used light and dark to model form rather than using flatter outlines such as painters like Ghirlandaio and Perugino. In the above portait Perugino also uses a similar composition, his sitter seems to rest his hands on the frame of the painting and again we see a sweeping (if not Italian) landscape in the far background. The artist Perugino was a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, it is thought that they both studied under the same master, Andrea del Verrochio. Portrait of Francesco delle Opere, Perugino, 1494, Uffizi Gallery (Florence) From left we see the Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1474-78), a portrait known as the Lady with an Ermine (c-1490, t hought to be the mistress of Lodovico Sforza the Duke of Milan, Cecilia Gallerani) and the unknown sitter called La belle Ferronière (1490-96). Leonardo had painted only a handful of private portraits in his career, some earlier works are below. Leonardo returned to Milan in 1506 and brought the portrait with him. It was commissioned by another Florentine, Francesco del Giocondo who was a wealthy silk merchant. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Mona Lisa was painted during the three year period when Leonardo returned to Florence. Then he was sent by the influential Medici family to live in Milan where he worked for both the Medici and Duke Lodovico Sforza. After leaving his master's workshop he acquired fame as an artist in Florence, where he lived until he was 30 years old. Leonardo was born and raised in Tuscany and studied art under Andrea del Verrochio in Florence. In the Louvre where this is located the painting is called La Gioconda, this is both a feminine version of her husbands last name and a word in Italian that tranlates into "the joyful one" referring to her slight smile. Mona was a contraction of "Madonna" meaning "my lady", a title of respect. The Mona Lisa is the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. ![]()
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