Renaissance+and+Reformation+Painting

Leonardo da Vinci ||= ==The Creation of Adam== Michelangelo ||
 * = ==Lady with an Ermine==
 * [[image:lady_with_ermine_copy.jpg width="339" height="435" align="center"]] || [[image:TheCreationofAdam.jpg width="456" height="232" align="center"]] ||
 * This is one of Leonardo da Vinci's many paintings. This painting is entitled, Lady with an Ermine. The word ermine refers to any weasel with a white coat. This particular weasel named the ermine has a white coat throughout the whole winter season. This image pictures a lady holding a ermine. The lady is clothed with many colorful garments. On her head there is a headband. She is also adorned with necklaces. The painter is Leonardo da Vinci. Leornardo was an inventor and painter from Florance. Like many other artists during the Renaissance, Leonardo studied anatomy in order to make his paintings more realistic. However, Leonardo did not limit his studies to books and other documents. Leonardo would dissect bodies of dead humans that dedicated their lives to science. One of Leonardo's most famous paintings is the Mona Lisa. || This is a painting entitled The Creation of Adam painted by Michelangelo. This painting is the centerpiece of the mural painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This painting pictures Adam on Earth and God in Heaven. God is reaching out his hand down to Adam to give Adam life. It took Michelangelo four years to complete the huge work of art that covered the entire Chapel ceiling. The mural included numerous colorful and detailed figures. Michelangelo did many other works of art such as the statue of David. This famous sculpture is of the boy who killed the giant, Goliath. Michelangelo's art also exhibited the new techniques Renaissance art. He studied anatomy to make the figures in his paintings and sculptures more realistic. ||