one of the most important and known paintings of the renaissance era was the mona lisa. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1503, and is still one of the most recognized paintings in all of history! It is argued whether she is smiling or not, and the main feature in this painting is the way that her eyes always follow you from every angle you look at her in.

Despite The Mona Lisa's magnificent beauty...people have damaged this painting in numerous ways. The Mona Lisa was attacked a total of FIVE TIMES! In 1911, the mona lisa was stolen by the Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia. After a little over two years of the Mona Lisa's disappearance, Vincenzo Peruggia sold the work to a dealer in Florence in an attempt to give Italy the treasure it had lost. The sale backfired when the dealer called the director of the Uffizi Galleries. They took the work back, called the police, and Vincenzo Peruggia was sent to live 6 months in prison.

sources from Greenberger, Alex. “5 Times the Mona Lisa Was Vandalized or Stolen.” Art News, 31 May 2022, https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/mona-lisa-vandalism-1234630407/vincenzo-peruggia-mona-lisa-theft/. Accessed 17 January 2024.

Netizens, Kaushal. “10 Most Famous Paintings of The Renaissance | PARBLO Digital Art Blog.” Parblo, 29 May 2019, https://www.parblo.com/blogs/guides/10-most-famous-paintings-of-the-renaissance. Accessed 17 January 2024.

This painting was painted on wood or panel, and was painted with tempera paint. The dimensions are 207 by 319 centimeters and is now housed in the uffizi gallery in italy. It took about five full years to paint!

This painting also has a story behind it. According to an article written by Solomon, climate activists GLUED themselves to the painting! on july 2, 2022, a man and a women from an activist group glued themselves to the protective glass of the primavera painting. no damage was done to the painting, but it was quite a feat. in one of the photos shown of the incident, many people are crowded around the scene, taking photos with their phones of the two glued to the painting. there was one third activist, who according to the article unfurled a banner reading “Ultima Generazione No Gas No Carbone (Last Generation, No Gas, No Coal).” the three activists were handcuffed, and removed by security. later on, the ultima generazione group posted on their website that they intended to do no harm to the painting, and even used glass safe glue to protect the art.

citations: “Spring by Botticelli.” Uffizi, https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring. Accessed 18 January 2024.

du Plessis, Alicia. “"La Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli - A "Primavera" Painting Analysis.” Art in Context, 19 May 2022, https://artincontext.org/la-primavera-by-sandro-botticelli/. Accessed 18 January 2024.

Solomon, Tessa, et al. “Activists Glued Themselves to Botticelli's 'Primavera' in Latest Climate Protest.” Art News, 25 July 2022, https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/botticelli-primavera-climate-protest-1234635182/. Accessed 18 January 2024.

originally, michelagelo's work was mainly limited to sculpting, in fact, he sculpted the statue of david in florence which is a highly known piece of art. Pope Julius II della Rovere, called in Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the sistine chapel. Michelangelo was not very fond of this idea, he would rather sculpt than paint, regardless, he took on the huge job and made history without even knowing it.

the fingers don't touch in the painting to symbolize the gap between god and man. the red cloud in which god is inside represents the human brain, but another idea has come up, what if...the cloud represented the womb? It is unclear but both are pretty reasonable explanations. Simply, this painting represents God giving life to Adam.

This painting is the second most copied painting in the world, first being The last supper by da vinci. Many people believe that the fingers touch, but they actually do not. it is purposely created that way to symbolize the gap between god and man. If you look closely at the painting, you can see there is a woman figure at the bottom of God's arm, believed to be eve. It is said she is waiting for her own creation from Adam's rib. Another theory is that she is Mary. the mother of Jesus. 

citations: “The Creation Of Adam By Michelangelo - 11 Interesting Facts And Images Of The Magnificent Painting.” Live One Good Life, https://www.liveonegoodlife.com/2021/the-creation-of-adam-by-michelangelo/. Accessed 22 January 2024.

“Creation of Adam.” Michelangelo, https://www.michelangelo.net/creation-of-adam/. Accessed 22 January 2024.

“Creation of Adam (God Passing Spark of Life), Michelangelo: Analysis, Interpretation.” Visual-Arts-Cork.com, http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/creation-of-adam.htm. Accessed 22 January 2024.

Believe it or not, many art historians believe the fact that Leonardo da Vinci believed in nature, not god. Because of this, he made his paintings different by not putting halos on Jesus as many artists before, and after him did. The painting, believe it or not, is a FAILED experiment. Leonardo, instead of painting on a wet plaster wall as many traditional artists do, painted on a dry plaster wall with tempera paint. After just a few decades, the painting flaked away and we are looking at what is left of the masterpiece. the painting is no longer 100% da vinci's work, it has been restored many times in order to keep its beauty, one restorer named ''Panin Brambilla Barcilon and his crew relied on microscopic photographs, core samples, and sonar to remove the added layers of paint and restore the original as accurately as possible.'' says one article by leonardodavinci.net.

believe it or not, this painting survived a bomb in world war two. allied leaders bombed a large number of italian cities, destroying a lot of christian art as well as numerous buildings.

the bomb that almost destroyed the artwork landed 80 feet away, destroying many walls and cousin the roof to collapse. it's quite the miracle that the painting survived. believe it or not, the last supper was involved in another war, used as target practice for Napoleon’s soldiers. 

citations: da Vinci, Leonardo. “10 Secrets of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.” Leonardo da Vinci, https://www.leonardodavinci.net/the-last-supper.jsp. Accessed 23 January 2024.

Conradt, Stacy. “How Da Vinci's <em>The Last Supper</em> Survived a Bomb During WWII.” Mental Floss, 27 May 2015, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64010/how-da-vincis-last-supper-survived-bomb-during-world-war-ii. Accessed 23 January 2024.

In the center of the fresco there are two highly important people in the painting, Plato ( the old man on the left) and Aristotle, his student(the man on the right.). Plato was Socrates' prized student, he came from a wealthy background and devoted himself to philosophy. According to Plato, the world tries to be perfect, and complete. He believes God created the world with a blueprint or a plan for it. If the world isn't perfect, according to Plato, it's not because God is imperfect but the materials being used to create this world were not perfect. Aristotle was Plato's student. His father was a physician and served the grandfather of Alexander the Great. like how plato was socrates prized student, plato's prized student. he was extremely interested in identifying plants and animals.

In the painting there are 52 characters total. There are various figures connected to philosophical events. Believe it or not, the staircase is symbolic in the painting. it represents different degrees of science, each character has a place on the ladder according to knowledge. 

citations:“Understanding Raphael’s School of Athens.” Artsper Magazine, 11 July 2022, https://blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/raphaels-school-of-athens/. Accessed 24 January 2024.

“Room of the Segnatura.” Vatican Museums, https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/stanze-di-raffaello/stanza-della-segnatura/stanza-della-segnatura.html. Accessed 24 January 2024.“The Ancient Greeks, Part Two: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Dr. C. George Boeree.” webspace.ship.edu, https://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/athenians.html. Accessed 24 January 2024.“Scuola di Athene (School of Athens) | The Core Centennial.” The Core Centennial, 6 December 2019, https://core100.columbia.edu/article/scuola-di-athene-school-athens. Accessed 24 January 2024.

This is, believe it or not, a manuscript consisting of 258 leaves of calfskin vellum as pages and aside from its binding which is believed to be lost in a viking raid, it is still in really good condition! The current binding is still pretty old, it is from 1852 and was paid for by Edward maltby. The book is all about the four gospels, Mathew, Luke, Mark, and john. Each of the four gospels in the manuscript begins with a carpet page, showing a colorful pattern. According to an article written by Neil Shorney, the Lindisfarne Gospels took 10 years to create. This work of art is the first known translation of the Gospels into English! 

citations:Brain, Jessica, and Ben Johnson. “The Lindisfarne Gospels.” Historic UK, 8 March 2021, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Lindisfarne-Gospels/. Accessed 24 January 2024.

Harlitz-Kern, Erika. “10 Things You Should Know about the Lindisfarne Gospels.” Book Riot, 3 February 2016, https://bookriot.com/10-things-know-lindisfarne-gospels/. Accessed 24 January 2024.

Shorney, Neil. “What are the Lindisfarne Gospels?” ArtRatio, 17 March 2021, https://www.artratio.co.uk/what-are-the-lindisfarne-gospels. Accessed 24 January 2024.

citations:“Hierakonpolis tomb painting.” Sumerian Shakespeare, https://sumerianshakespeare.com/748301/855901.html. Accessed 25 January 2024.

Neil, Shasha, et al. “8 Oldest Paintings in The World.” Oldest.org, https://www.oldest.org/artliterature/paintings/. Accessed 25 January 2024.

This painting is painted on panel painting by Lex Lucius who often paints with a rag. the painting was inspired by a poem and goes...Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

   Rode the six hundred.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!

Charge for the guns!” he said.

Into the valley of Death

   Rode the six hundred.

II

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”

Was there a man dismayed?

Not though the soldier knew

   Someone had blundered.

   Theirs not to make reply,

   Theirs not to reason why,

   Theirs but to do and die.

   Into the valley of Death

   Rode the six hundred.

III

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon in front of them

   Volleyed and thundered;

Stormed at with shot and shell,

Boldly they rode and well,

Into the jaws of Death,

Into the mouth of hell

   Rode the six hundred.

IV

Flashed all their sabres bare,

Flashed as they turned in air

Sabring the gunners there,

Charging an army, while

   All the world wondered.

Plunged in the battery-smoke

Right through the line they broke;

Cossack and Russian

Reeled from the sabre stroke

   Shattered and sundered.

Then they rode back, but not

   Not the six hundred.

V

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon behind them

   Volleyed and thundered;

Stormed at with shot and shell,

While horse and hero fell.

They that had fought so well

Came through the jaws of Death,

Back from the mouth of hell,

All that was left of them,

   Left of six hundred.

VI

When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!

   All the world wondered.

Honour the charge they made!

Honour the Light Brigade,

   Noble six hundred!

As clearly shown, this painting is about the attack and describes How He sees them as great heros and very important figures in our history, all six hundred.

There are actually multiple paintings of this event, all depicting the battle and noble men. In almost every one of these paintings, the main subject seems to be their commander, James Brudenell. He lived from 1797 to 1868. His father was Robert, sixth earl of Cardigan. He was the only surviving son but had 7 SISTERS! James was married to a woman named Penelope Ann Cooke. known for his temper, He twice put Captain Augustus Wathen under arrest.

This painting was a symbol of the historic event that took place and showed the way tHe Horsemen fought. The point of the painting was to give credit to the men who fought in the event.

citations: Carson, James. “The Art of World War One in 35 Paintings.” History Hit, 12 November 2020, https://www.historyhit.com/the-art-of-world-war-one-in-paintings/. Accessed 26 January 2024.

“The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854.” EyeWitness to History, http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lightbrigade.htm. Accessed 26 January 2024.Tennyson, Lord. “The Charge of the Light Brigade - Horse Painting by artist Lex Lucius Raitman Art Galleries.” Raitman Art Galleries, https://www.raitmanart.com/products/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade. Accessed 26 January 2024.

Zobel, George, and Henry Wyndham Phillips. “Brudenell, James Thomas, seventh earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), army officer.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3765. Accessed 26 January 2024.

Drawing- in this you can draw on your document with your finger or a touch pen in order to create marks or small doodles and characters. They have many shapes and sizes and strokes in this drawing feature in order to make it look as realistic as possible.

Crop- crop down your image size or adjust the shaper by stretching the boarder

Remove- one of the newer features that allows you to remove certain subjects in the photos or images

Stickers-put a cute little image on yours!

And Text- write on your image

This type of art is very different from other art because it does not require freehand.you can use different backgrounds as outlines and can draw using refrances.

This time the work was done completely by me. I have several digital art apps and they all have these tools. I know most animators use the tools like this to make their charicters and they come out really interesting. A favorite of mine is Picsart.

AI tools such as chat GBT are a huge part of the modern art. AI stands for artificial intelligence and can generate art, writings, and images out of text.

there is also other ways to create ai art. one of them is the method following: the artist chooses images to feed the computer or device wich then the algorithm imitates the pictures...creating a new set of images, which are selected and approved by the artist. The algorithms used to produce art with this process are called GAN’s wich stands for Generative Adversarial Networks. Mario Klingemann is also another AI artist. In 2017, he created six prints using AI models, where he experimented with the inputs that feed the algorithm. he on the human body turning stick figures into AI paintings. Augmented Reality (AR) is another popular digital tool that allows modern artists to express their creativity. AR creates an image where the real-life world and the digital world combine with each other. Real-world objects are enhanced by computer-generated information that is affecting sense. 

citations:Anderson, Mark. “Brief History of Digital Art – World Art News.” World Art News, 23 January 2023, https://worldart.news/2023/01/23/brief-history-of-digital-art/. Accessed 27 January 2024.

Banoula, Mayank. “All About Augmented Reality.” Simplilearn.com, 23 February 2023, https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/artificial-intelligence-tutorial/all-about-augmented-reality. Accessed 27 January 2024.

Bravic, Lucija, and Trevor Jones. “Digital Art - Definition, History & Innovative Art Forms.” Artland Magazine, https://magazine.artland.com/digital-art/. Accessed 27 January 2024.

“What is digital art?: the history and value of an evolving concept.” ArtPlacer, 21 July 2022, https://www.artplacer.com/what-is-digital-art-the-history-and-value-of-an-evolving-concept/. Accessed 27 January 2024.

(short little paragraph because i remember learning about this with you)