Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-h32XpDYBw)

1. What does a Renaissance man mean?

2. What talents did he have?

The hidden secrets of the Last Supper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2-njV2UtSs)

1. What does Dan Brown claim in the book Da Vinci Code about the painting?

2. Does Mario Taddei, Da Vinci expert agree with this claim?

3. What rules of painting a version of the Last Supper is Mario talking about?

4. What does Cecilia Frosinini, art historian think about Dan Brown’s theory?

5. Why is it hard to tell who is right?

6. What is a surprising different between Leonardo’s and other painters’ paintings about the scene? What could be an explanation for it?

Mona Lisa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akH11loaSiI)

03:00-07:00

1. How did the painting become famous?

2. What is story of the second portrait?

9:35-13:33

3. Who was Mona Lisa?

4. What is the problem with Vasari’s description about the painting?

5. What is a possible explanation of it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJv4jsqPpQ

42:50-45:00

6. What discoveries were made by using new technology?

7. So are there 2 Mona Lisas or what do you think?