Leonardo Da Vinci is important because besides painting some
of the most well-known paintings ever, The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa, he
also made designs for an early airplane and musical instruments, hydraulic
pumps, and a steam cannon, among other things. When people think of the Renaissance
Era the first person to pop in their head is Leonardo Da Vinci, mainly because
he basically was the Renaissance.
I chose Leonardo Da Vinci because I was always a big fan of
his. Analyzing his artwork in my Humanities, and Art, classes were always one
of my favorite moments during them. I always enjoyed the mystery of who
exactly was the person in The Mona Lisa and are there hidden meanings in The
Last Supper? Our lives don’t really relate. I enjoy his work and enjoy the
retelling of his life, though sometimes fictional, in the TV show Da Vinci’s
Demons.
3. If she/he had never existed, would the world be different from how we know it now? Why?
I think that the whole world would be different. We wouldn’t
have ever had his artwork or any of his 13,000 pages of notes and designs.
There would have never been any Da Vinci Code madness, which maybe we could have
done without, but still it never would have happened. Also if he never existed
the Renaissance may not have been as big as it was.
4. If you could meet this person, what would you ask her/him?
I would probably ask him about his inspiration for The Mona
Lisa and The Vitruvian Man. I would also like to know how he ever came up with
enough ideas to fill 13,000 pages. I would also like to know if he put any
hidden meanings into The Last Super and who exactly is the woman in The Mona
Lisa. Besides asking him questions I would also like to tell him a few things,
mainly about how much he impacted the world.
5. Do you think the fact this person was Italian played a role in his/her achievement?
I do think that him being Italian played a role in his achievement, and life, mainly because the Renaissance at the time was mostly centered in Italy, it did
start there. He was influenced by that era and if he wasn’t born in Italy then
he may have gotten into the Renaissance too late in his life for it to ever have a major impact on his ideas and art.
Ciao Kristopher,
ReplyDeletefor me Leonardo is so inspirational in my job! I'm a researcher in interdisciplinary subjects and for me he's the icon of inter-disciplinarity. He was a genius in both mathematics, humanities and art. In these days where science has become so sectoral and scientists from different disciplines cannot even talk to each other, he's an example of the full potential of human beings.
Hai scritto bene, continua a studiare l'Italiano e porta i miei saluti a Serena.
Stefano Balbi
I totally agree with everything you said, Kristopher! Thank you for sharing your answers
ReplyDeletePS. Have a look at this website http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/#