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One of the great Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci continually tested artistic traditions and techniques. He created innovative compositions, investigated anatomy to accurately represent the human body, considered the human psyche to illustrate character, and experimented with methods of representing space and three-dimensional objects on ...
High resolution - 17 artworks. View all 8 items. Leonardo da Vinci lived in the XV – XVI cent., a remarkable figure of Italian High Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- Italian
- Italy
List of works by Leonardo da Vinci. The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists. Only around eight major works— The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling ...
Title And ImageDateMediumDimensions [1]1472–1476 c. 1472–1476 [d 1]Oil and tempera on poplar panel98 cm × 217 cm 39 in × 85 in1472–1478 c. 1472–1478 [d 2]Oil on poplar panel62 cm × 47.5 cm 24.4 in × 18.7 in1474–1478 c. 1474–1478 [d 3]Oil and tempera on poplar panel177 cm × 151 cm 70 in × 59 in1474–1480 c. 1474–1480 [d 4]Oil and tempera on poplar panel38.8 cm × 36.7 cm 15.3 in × 14.4 in- Accepted by most modern scholars; still controversial
- Accepted by large majority of modern scholars; controversial in the past
- Unanimously accepted works
He has gained world-wide fame for his enigmatic portrait, the Mona Lisa, the religious fresco, The Last Supper, and his Vitruvian Man, a mathematically precise anatomical drawing. These priceless works are amongst the most known images of all time.
- Italian
- Anchiano, Tuscany
Painter, sculptor, architect, designer, theorist, engineer and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most famous images in European art. Though many of his works were never finished, and even fewer have survived, he influenced generations of artists and he continues to be revered as a universal genius.
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His magnum opus, the Mona Lisa, is his best known work and often regarded as the world's most famous painting. The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time and his Vitruvian Man drawing is also regarded as a cultural icon.