“Leonardo, the Renaissance Master” 7 : Fountain Essays

“Leonardo, the Renaissance Master” Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• Describe the moment captured in Leonardo’s Last Supper painting, and discuss the reasons why disciples are shown on the same side of the table. Describe the most well-known techniques that Leonardo used to give more realism to the painting. Next, discuss one (1) of Leonardo’s inventions (or proposed inventions) that most fascinates or surprises you, and explain why. Compare Leonardo to some modern figure of the 20th or 21st century.

Explore

Leonardo da Vinci

• Chapter 14 (pp. 489-492), art of da Vinci; review Week 7 Music Folder
• Partial restoration of the Last Supper at com/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm” target=”_blank”>http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm
• Images, article, and 16th century copy of the Last Supper at http://www.abcgallery.com/L/leonardo/leonardo4.html
• Leonardo’s work in science and invention at http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/models-exhibited (scroll down to thumbnail photos; click to enlarge and read more information)