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……..the mysteries
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

• He is widely
considered to be
one of the
greatest painters
of all time 
 Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

•  an Italian polymath,
painter, sculptor,
architect, musician,
engineer, inventor,
anatomist, geologist,
and writer. 
 Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

•  was educated in the

studio of the
renowned Florentine
painter Verrocchio.
 HIS WORKS

MONA LISA

most parodied and

most famous
portrait.
 MYSTERIES
OF THE MONA
LISA
 WHO IS SHE?

Theory:
Mona Lisa is
considered a self
portrait of
Leonardo da Vinci
 WHO IS SHE?

Theory:
A portrait of Lisa
Gherardini, wife of
a Florentine
merchant.
 WHO IS SHE?

MONA LISA or
LADY LISA – is
how the woman was
addressed during
that time
 WHO IS SHE?

Theory:
A portrait of Salai
(Gian
Giacomo Caprotti d
a Oreno)
Revered as the
artist’s male
assistant
Eyebrows and eyelashes

Mona Lisa has only

very faint eyebrows
and apparently does
not have any
eyelashes.
Eyebrows and eyelashes

Creating an ultra-high
resolution close-up
that magnified Mona
Lisa's face 24 times
Eyebrows and eyelashes

found a single
brushstroke of a
single hair above
the left eye
 HIS WORKS

THE LAST
SUPPER
most reproduced
religious painting of
all time.
 OTHER
WORKS OF DA
VINCI
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
ANNUNCIATION
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
 Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni 

• was an Italian
sculptor, painter,
architect, poet, and
engineer 
 Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni 

• Two of his best-

known works,
the Pietà and David,
were sculpted before
he turned thirty.
 Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni 

• He painted the ceiling

of the SISTINE
CHAPEL from 1508-
1512.
 Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni 

• The scheme is of nine

panels illustrating
episodes from
the Book of Genesis,
set in an architectonic
frame.
HIS WORKS

PIETA
HIS WORKS

DAVID
The Last Judgement
Crucifixion of St. Peter
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

• Also known as Rafael

• was an Italian painter
and architect of
the High Renaissance.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

• His work is admired

for its clarity of
form, ease of
composition, and
visual achievement.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

• He typify the
Classical and
Christian elements
reconciled in his
works.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

• The best known work

is The School of
Athens in the
Vatican Stanza della
Segnatura.
 HIS WORKS

Sistine Madonna
so called in honor
to St. Sixtus II,
Patron of the
Rovere Family.
 Galatea
Shows the sea
nymph in triumph
on a shell drawn
by dolphins.
Transfiguration of Christ

One of the artist

last and
greatings
greatest painting
 Donato di Niccolò di Betto
Bardi

• was an
early Renaissance Italian 
sculptor from Florence
Donato di Niccolò di Betto
Bardi

• known for his work

in bas-relief, a form
of shallow relief
sculpture
Donato di Niccolò di Betto
Bardi

• received his early

artistic training in a
goldsmith's
workshop, Lorenzo
Ghiberti.
 HIS WORKS

STATUE OF
HABACUC
From the bell
tower of Duomo,
Florence
Magdalene Penitent
 Equestrian
Statue of Gattamelata