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PORTRAITS ART HISTORY

PORTRAITS ART HISTORY. Leonardo Da Vinci – 1452 – 1519 Italian Head of Disheveled Young Girl (Leda). Leonardo painted portraits and landscapes in a REALISTIC style typical of the RENAISSANCE era.

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PORTRAITS ART HISTORY

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  1. PORTRAITS ART HISTORY

  2. Leonardo Da Vinci – 1452 – 1519 ItalianHead of Disheveled Young Girl (Leda) • Leonardo painted portraits and landscapes in a REALISTIC style typical of the RENAISSANCE era. • Leonardo was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. • Da Vinci’s most well known painting is the MONA LISA.

  3. Amedeo Modigliani – 1884 - 1920 Italian Jeanne Hebuterne with Hat – 1917 • Modigliani’s subjects included family members, friends, colleagues and common people. He was influenced by the ELONGATEDsimplified forms in African masks from Gabon and the Ivory Coast. • This portrait shows Asymmetrical BALANCE. • Though most of the subject is on the left side of the painting, the subject’s head creates equal BALANCE on the right side.

  4. Frieda Kahlo 1907 -1954 MexicanSelf Portrait with Monkey 1938 • Kahlo is best known for her dramatic self portraits. She often paints in VIVID colors. • Kahlo lived her entire adult life in physical pain and limited mobility due to polio (as a child) and a near fatal trolley accident when she was 18 years old. • Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits which often incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical and psychological wounds.

  5. Unknown Artist - About 1300 B. C.Nefertiti • Approximately how old is the sculpture? 3000 PLUS YRS. OLD • She is the Royal wife of an EGYPTIANpharaoh,Amenhoteop IV. • The sculpture is carved from LIMESTONE. • Egyptians were known for their obsession with accurate PROPORTION. • She is the mother-in-law of the famous Egyptian KING TUT.

  6. Fernand Leger 1881 – 1955 FrenchMan with a Cane 1920 • This piece shows both his CUBIST style and his interest in machines shown through the use of TUBULAR forms. • He takes the figure of the man and the space in which he stands and breaks them down into GEOMETRIC shapes. • In combining a Cubist style with elements from the industrial world, Leger created a dynamic, MODERN style of painting. • This work of art can be found in the MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON. (MFAH)

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