2. HIGH RENAISSANCE: LEONARDO DA VINCI LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI (APRIL 15, 1452 – MAY 2, 1519) MATHEMATICIAN ANATOMIST INVENTOR SCULPTOR PAINTER MUSICIAN ARCHITECT SELF PORTRAIT

3. LEONARDO BELIEVED ALL ARTISTS NEEDED TO STUDY THE HUMAN FIGURE EXTENSIVELY. A HOSPITAL IN FLORENCE GAVE DA VINCI PERMISSION TO DISSECT CADAVERS WHICH LEAD TO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OF PROPORTION AND A SEARCH FOR DIVINE PERFECTION Vitruvian Man

4. THE LAST SUPPER 1492-1498 WAS PAINTED ON THE DINING ROOM WALL OF THE OF THE SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE MONASTERY IN MILAN. SHOWS THE MOMENT WHEN JESUS TELLS THE APOSTLES THAT ONE OF THEM WILL BETRAY HIM SOON. IT WAS NOT DONE WITH THE FRESCO TECHNIQUE. IT SHOWS LEONARDO'S MASTERY OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE IT SHOWS LEONARDO'S MASTERY OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE ALL LINES POINT TO CHRIST

5. MANY ACCOUNTS IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT AS LISA DEL GIOCONDO IT WAS COMPLETED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1505 AND 1507 THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT DA VINCI CONTINUED TO WORK ON IT AS HE TRIED TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION. HAS TRIANGULAR COMPOSITION MANY PEOPLE HAVE OWNED HER INCLUDING NAPOLEON SHE NOW RESIDES IN THE LOUVRE MUSEUM MONA LISA