Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci, was one of the greatest painters and geniuses the world has ever seen. He was one of the key figures of the Renaissance, a great culture movement that had begun in Italy in the 1300's. It was the period of the Renaissance when Leonardo was born on the fifteenth ...
Leonardo studied hydraulic-engineering, anatomy and geometry. ... In the 1500's as he grew older, he became obsessed with geometry. ... The Last Supper, one of the few frescos Leonardo did, he used both perspective and geometry. ...
1. Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. The most famous line ever uttered by President Ronald Reagan was "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!" Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General...
This paper will be discussing a time period in southern and northern Europe called the Renaissance. Some topics that will come up include the transformation of a new form of art, what the importance of humanism was, and the artist that were prevalent during this time. The Renaissance is defined ...
Artist Report #1 The painting that I chose was Masaccio's, "The Tribute Money". In this painting, Masaccio displays his mastery of the human form. All of his figures stand in perfect contraposition giving them an easy, natural look. The story told in this painting is done in three parts, in "...
