ARHT2616 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Baluster, Intimate Portrait, Court Painter
18 Jul 2018
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Leonardo da vinci brought the mona lisa with him to france where he died. It has a major amount of glaze on it which has tinted it to a green colour. Overlaid with yellow therefore very hard to appreciate the original colours. Portraiture: a portrait of a single individual came about during the renaissance, associated with. This was inspired by the revival of antiquity. All profile portraits, comes from the back of roman coins. Profile portrait reserved solely for rulers, as it is associated with coinage which had roman emperors on the back. Emphasis grew on making realistic representations of the face, and the face swung round to face the front. Women"s portraits for the entire 15th c remained in profile. Somewhat like specimen butterflies, preserved for the male gaze. She is sealed off in a world of beauty to be contemplated not to be engaged. Therefore the mona lisa was confronting in facing the front.
