Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci began his career around 1472 in Florence as a portrait painter. This program examines ten elements in da Vinci's The Virgin, the Infant Jesus, and Saint Anne: darkness and light, volume and color, figure and setting, distance, proximity, movement, and rest. In this painting, Saint Anne wears her hair braided. Her eyes are lowered and she is smiling. On her knees, the Virgin Mary is shown in a low-neck dress, leaning toward the infant Jesus. The program refers to the first sketches of this painting to explore its hidden meanings
Introduction to Da Vinci's "St. Anne" (3:02)
Biography of Da Vinci (3:36)
Human Body's Relationship to Nature (0:51)
Charcoal Drawings (1:29)
Painting & the Human Eye (0:23)
Dimensions & Physical Description of "St. Anne" (0:58)
Process & Self Evaluation (0:53)
Cracks & Signs of Restoration (0:54)
Color Use & Luminosity (2:54)
Lines, Shapes, & Balance (1:05)
Interlocking Limbs & Curves (1:53)
Analagous Forms (1:24)
Story Told by the Figures (1:21)
Smiling Faces (1:10)
Mountain Landscape (1:04)
Anamorphosis & Hidden Meaning (3:12)
Theme of Plasticity (1:43)
Credits: Leonardo da Vinci (1:16)

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