Researchers uncover Leonardo da Vinci's method stroke for stroke
Italian researchers say they have been able to reconstruct for the first time, stroke by stroke, how Renaissance master painter Leonardo da Vinci created his works of art.
Investigators at the University of Florence have uncovered Leonardo's method of creating his works by using a scientific device to analyze the painting Madonna of the Yarnwinder.
Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, who died in 1519, is known for his vivid, lifelike paintings such as the Mona Lisa.Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, who died in 1519, is known for his vivid, lifelike paintings such as the Mona Lisa.
In the oil painting, completed in 1501, Leonardo depicts the Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus, who is looking at a yarnwinder being used to spin yarn.
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Investigators at the University of Florence have uncovered Leonardo's method of creating his works by using a scientific device to analyze the painting Madonna of the Yarnwinder.
Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, who died in 1519, is known for his vivid, lifelike paintings such as the Mona Lisa.Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, who died in 1519, is known for his vivid, lifelike paintings such as the Mona Lisa.
In the oil painting, completed in 1501, Leonardo depicts the Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus, who is looking at a yarnwinder being used to spin yarn.
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posted by temporal at 9/03/2007
1 Comments:
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist... and although researchers may have been able reconstruct the painting stroke by stroke...i still doubt it to be the same!
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