He traveled for a year with Borgia's army as a military engineer and even met Niccolo Machiavelli, author of "The Prince. About , Leonardo reportedly began work on the "Mona Lisa. He continued his studies of human anatomy and physiology, but the Pope forbade him from dissecting cadavers, limiting his progress. His last and perhaps most generous patron, Francis I provided Leonardo with a stipend and manor house near the royal chateau at Amboise. Although suffering from a paralysis of the right hand, Leonardo who wrote with his left-handed was still able to draw and teach.
Anne", studies of cats, horses, dragons, St. George, anatomical studies, studies on the nature of water, drawings of the Deluge, and of various machines.
Leonardo died on May 2, in Cloux, France. It is hard to concisely describe the legacy of a man as multi-talented as Leonardo da Vinci. He developed artistic techniques that are considered perfection. His use of vanishing point, the soft blurring effect in his sfumato method, his understanding the relationship between light and dark in chiaroscuro , and his enigmatic facial expressions created a mesmerizing and realistic quality to his paintings that had never before been seen.
While much of his art focused on religion and portraits, painted in the time of the High Renaissance, which heralded the end of the dark ages in western civilization, it was his techniques together with his masterly composition that contributed the greatest influence on Western art.
In fact, to this day, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa remain some of the world's most recognizable and iconic works of art, reproduced endlessly on posters and prints, and deeply embedded in contemporary popular culture as pieces of everlasting historical significance. But then, what of his inventions, his anatomical research, his topographical drawings, as well as his engineering, mechanical, and architectural achievements? While many of his inventions such as the flying machine, the helicopter, or the parachute remained in mere idea form, and unfeasible in practice, that does not detract from the recognition of Leonardo's inquisitive mind being years ahead of its time.
The same is true of the accuracy of his anatomical drawings, investigations into blood circulation, topography, and other mechanical engineering marvels which include the mitred lock, his contribution to accurate time-keeping, or the bobbin winder which had an immediate impact on local industry at the time.
His investigation into enhancing military weapons heralded the tanks and machine guns so familiar to us today. He was indeed the first true "Renaissance man. As Sigmund Freud said of him, he was a man, "who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep. Content compiled and written by Zaid S Sethi. Edited and revised, with Summary and Accomplishments added by Kimberly Nichols.
The Art Story. High Renaissance. Overview and Artworks. Important Art by Leonardo da Vinci. View all Important Art. Overview and Artworks Biography. Jan van Eyck. Lucian Freud. Summary Concepts Artworks. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta March 28, Pop singer. Known worldwide as Lady Gaga. Her mother, Cynthia Louise Bissett, vice president of the mobile operator Verizon. Her father was businessman Joseph Anthony Germanotta, Jr.
Director of an internet network company. For this reason, her parents enrolled her in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a religious and elitist school. She was very fond of music since she was a child, she learned to play the piano and, at thirteen, she wrote her first song.
She was a participant in open mic nights. But she did not finish her studies, she abandoned them to start her musical career. She began by performing melodic songs on the piano in clubs and small bars in New York. Her first production was made by her with producer and composer RedOne, they called it : Boys, Boys Boys.
This production was not successful. At that time, her life knew drugs and uncontrolled parties. In she began working with Lady Starlight, they began to perform in venues in downtown New York. They participated in the American music festival «Lollapalooza». Using her writing skills, she wrote songs for Britney Spears. While she persisted, unsuccessfully, in contacting and seeking support in some record companies, the situation would change when meeting the music producer Rob Fusari.
He promoted her musical career, thanks to his support they built a strong working relationship, and this led to a sentimental relationship. At a recognized event, Akon, who already knew Lady Gaga as her songwriter, heard her sing and decided to offer her a contract for his record label, Kon Live Distribution. Gaga certainly accepted it. Thus began Lady Gaga to be known as a singer. At this stage, she had the collaboration of Fusari and other producers such as RedOne and Martin Kierszenbaum.
The young singer debuted with her album, The Fame. A mix of electropop; the synthpop of the 80s and dance sounds. The success was imminent, it was one of the best-selling albums in worldwide, with more than 12 million copies, and it reached the Top 1 in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. Her vision was great, she not only wanted to release a single, but an album.
It was number one in countries like the United States; more than , digital downloads are estimated, including Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. For this work, the brand new artist was nominated for a Grammy for the first time. In October , she was awarded the Rising Star of award from Billboard magazine. Bad Romance was number one in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Peru, Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, and Denmark, and its promotional video, admired for the innovative elements and excellent paraphernalia, exceeded million visits on YouTube, becoming the most viewed in history.
On the album The Fame Monster. There was the song Paparazzi. The video was a boom. Thanks to her fame, she embarked on her first tour: The Fame Ball Tour; this tour had an admirable reception, it sold out stadiums and large venues. Later, she was nominated for the Grammy Awards. The videos of her were irreverent and gave a lot to talk about, they swept on television and especially on the Internet. Platinum blonde appears in Just Dance ; with a lightning bolt on her cheek, inspired by David Bowie from Aladdin Sane, another of her references.
On the other hand, on Poker Face she incorporates her sexiest and most futuristic style. His videos can be summarized as extravagant hairstyles, excessive makeup, sidereal or cosmic style wardrobes, or simply exuberant, increasingly sophisticated scenography, choreographies close to pornography.
Her way of being was linked to her music, she was an eccentric girl and eventually gave explosive statements to the press, she declared herself a hermaphrodite. All these scandals made her more and more popular, and she was the focus of all eyes on her. She also premiered Alejandro and Dancer in the Dark. Gaga embarked on her second world tour, The Monster Ball Tour, she officially announced it on October 15, It would end in Spain in two only concerts, in Barcelona and Madrid.
The tickets were sold in just three days. Billboard announced that the song Telephone , from the album The Fame Monster, peaked at number one on the Pop Songs chart, being the only singer in history to get the sixth consecutive number one from it.
In , the news spread that her ex-boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari sued for the company Rob Fusari Productions, demanding the payment of a total debt of 30 million dollars, for being the co-author and co-producer of Paparazzi, Beautiful, Dirty, Rich, Disco Heaven and Retro, Dance, Freak. Gaga began production on the album: Born This Way. It sold more than a million copies in its first week after its release in the United States, topping the Billboard This music star declared in a documentary about her life, Five Foot Two , that she suffers from fibromyalgia, a disease that attacks muscles and bones, and it has cost her time off stage.
Although, she is still extremely optimistic. Elton John March 25, is a singer, songwriter, and musician. He was born in Pinner, Middlesex, UK. His birth name is Reginald Dwight. The people who encouraged Elton to start in the world of music were his grandmother and his mother , who one day surprised him by performing a song on the house piano. They immediately knew that the boy had a great musical talent. At the age of four, he was already performing simple melodies, and at seven he was singing at family parties.
Elton studied at the Royal Academy of Music thanks to a scholarship after graduating from high school. He also was part of the choir. Although after a few years he got bored with classical music and began to try rock music.
At age 15, he got his first job as a pianist in a downtown pub, where he received the nickname Reggie. Court records of show that Leonardo and three other young men were charged with sodomy, and acquitted. From that date until there is no record of his work or even of his whereabouts, although it is assumed that Leonardo had his own workshop in Florence between and Leonardo wrote a letter to Ludovico, describing his engineering and painting skill. He created a silver lyre in the shape of a horse's head, with which he was sent to Milan.
Leonardo continued work in Milan between and While living in Milan between and Leonardo listed a woman called Caterina among his dependents in his taxation documents. When she died in , her list of funeral expenditure suggests that she was his mother. His work for Ludovico included floats and pageants for special occasions, designs for a dome for Milan Cathedral and a model for a huge equestrian monument to Francesco Sforza, Ludovico's predecessor.
Leonardo modelled a huge horse in clay, which became known as the "Gran Cavallo", and surpassed in size the two large equestrian statues of the Renaissance. Seventy tons of bronze were set aside for casting it. The monument remained unfinished for several years, which was not unusual for Leonardo.
In the model was completed, and Leonardo was making detailed plans for its casting. Michelangelo rudely implied that Leonardo was unable to cast it.
At the start of the Second Italian War in , the invading French troops used the life-size clay model for the "Gran Cavallo" for target practice. With Ludovico Sforza overthrown, Leonardo, with his assistant Salai and friend, the mathematician Luca Pacioli, fled Milan for Venice, where he was employed as a military architect and engineer, devising methods to defend the city from naval attack.
On his return to Florence in , he and his household were guests of the Servite monks at the monastery of Santissima Annunziata and were provided with a workshop where, according to Vasari, Leonardo created the cartoon of The Virgin and Child with St.
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