Art Critique

Zmeria underwood

August 27, 2017

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An Art Critique

Description

This is a half length portrait called Mona Lisa. This portrait was created by an Italian Renaissance artist named Leonardo da Vinci of a women named Lisa del Giocondo with a background with trees, water and trails . The Mona Lisa art work was started in 1503-1507 but was completed in 1517.Leonardo de Vinci made the Mona Lisa art work with oil paint on a popular wood.

Analysis

The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. The painting is of a women smiling and her hands on top of each other. There is also a background of a village including mountains, trees,trails,and a river. This art work attracts millions of people, and it was since its completion that the painting has received high regards. The woman in the painting is placed calmly and quietly with her hands folded.

Interpretation

He was obsessed with the smile of Mona Lisa, and as he couldn’t comprehend the mystery

of her smile, he decided to end his inability to be discerning enough to catch the esoteric smile. This could explain us very well the mystery enshrouded in the smile of Mona Lisa, one of

 the most mysterious paintings our civilization has ever witnessed.

It is not very clear what the intention of Leonardo da Vinci was when he painted the Mona Lisa. However, considering it was not a pure imagination but a portrait of a woman whose husband commissioned Leonardo to paint, the intention might have been to make a good painting. However, with the landscape from behind the woman, it can be thought its intention was to create an illusion of the woman’s dreams considering the depth. One may not see this as the intention, but the depth of the distance and the atmospheric aspect of the landscape make it appear infinite or timeless (Meattle 2001). The aesthetic quality of the painting can be recognized. It is easily recognized that the painting uses a pyramid design for placing the woman within the space proportionately. The viewer and the woman are separated by the arm of the chair. The face of Mona Lisa is highlighted through contrasting colors around her face.