LL200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ludovico Sforza, Cesare Borgia, Polymath
9 Oct 2014
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Decoding da vinci: leonard da vinci (1452-1519, born lionardo di ser piero da vinci, born out of wedlock. Art: humanism- entrance of humanity as a measure of all things. Da vinci supposedly models for it (right one) Possibly da vinci"s fish (and dog: baptism of christ. Angel on the far left is by da vinci. Anatomy: chiaroscuro (light-dark, sfumato (smoky, the model. Dozens of theories including: lisa del giocondo (wife of florentine merchant of piero del. Giocondo)- most universally accepted: caterina buti del vacca (leonard"s mother, costanza d"avalos, known la gioconda ( the happy woman , leonardo himself, the eyes. There are apparently letters and numbers found in the painting (l and s: l for leonardo, s for sforza dynasty, also a 72 near the bridge on the right, the title. La gioconda (la jaconde: the happy woman, wife of giocondo. Mona lisa: madonna lisa, anagram for amon l"isa = amun-isis (according to dan.
