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Leonardo Da Vinci: Leonardoの2の動物の部1

Melanie Light著

Leonardo Da Vinciは彼が彼の幼年期のほとんどを使ったVinciの町の近くでAnchianoのトスカナ式の農家、イタリアで1492年に生まれた。 彼はSer Pieroの息子であり、女の子は彼のために働かせたCaterinaを呼んだ。 Leonardoが生まれた後、父母は一緒に残らなかった。 最近Leonardoの生みの母の細部だけを明るみに出る持ちなさい。 2002年に、Alessandro VezzosiはVinci、イタリアのLeonardo Da Vinci博物館のディレクター前にbelieved.(1) VezzosiがLeonardoâの™sの父はCaterinaと€示された中東のメスの奴隷を所有した職人だったことを報告することを続いたので、彼らが母によってが奴隷の女の子および€ない小作農の女の子だった証拠のLeonardoâの相当な™sを見つけた出版物を言った。 そして、発見に従って、CaterinaがLeonardoに出産した少数の月後、彼女は労働者の1人に結婚していた。

LeonardoはAnchianaとVinciに彼が8歳になったまで住んでいた。 その後、彼は彼の父が付いているフィレンツェに動いた。 Leonardoが14才だったときに、彼はフィレンツェの有名な彫刻家およびペインターの下でAndrea del Verrocchio徒弟になった。 その期間では、Verrocchioは一流のフィレンツェの芸術家だった。 Leonardoが21そして23歳の間にあったまでに、彼は非常に巧みなペインターになった。 VerrocchioはLeonardoが重要な絵画、キリスト(Uffiziのギャラリー、フィレンツェ)の洗礼と助けることを可能にした。 Leonardoは背景およびひざまずく天使を塗った。 Leonardoはよくより塗ることができることをVerrocchioが見たときにだれでも、彼自身を含んで、彼彼に与えた永久にずっと塗を会っていることが言われる。 Verrocchioは彼が彫刻に集中することを決定した。

Leonardo Da Vinciに動物のための大きい愛があると言われ彼のジャーナルは更にこれを説明する。 彼は彼が彼の早い生命の厳格な菜食主義者だったこと)彼の生命(私達は明確なの後の一部分の菜食主義者、少なくとも証拠を持っていないだった。 He wrote, “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.” He also remarked, “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”

In the 1480s, Leonardo painted Lady With The Ermine. The Lady in the painting is Cecilia Gallerani, the 17-year-old mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. She carries an ermine for three reasons. First, for the Duke of Milan, having been appointed to the Order of the Ermine by Ferdinand I of Naples, the ermine was the symbol of heraldry on his coat of arms. Second, the ermine was considered to be a symbol of virtue and purity. And finally, it was a play on Cecilia Gallerani’s name since the Greek name for ermine is “galee”.

In Leonardo’s notebooks, he wrote that the ermine eats every other day. Most likely the ermine, an animal related to the sable and weasel, stayed in the studio while the painting was being completed. In the Renaissance period, soft-hair paint brushes were made of ermine tail tips. Brushes were also made from squirrel fur and fastened into goose or hen feathers – another reason the ermine might have been at home in the studio.

Leonardo da Vinci included cats in many of his sketches. On one sheet of animal sketches in his notebook, the artist portrayed more than twenty cats, and one dragon. He drew cats in different poses, alone, with other cats, and being cuddled and held. His sketches are lively and reveal the solemn affection he had for felines.

Throughout the mid to late 1470s, Leonardo worked on a series of different studies relating to the theme of the Madonna and the Christ Child, holding a cat. It was originally thought that no paintings existed beyond his initial studies for these paintings. Recently; however, Madonna with the Cat, which is in the collection of industrialist Carlo Noya in Savona, Italy, was discovered to be a painting by none other than Leonardo.(2) The painting is based on a legend about a cat being born at the same moment as the baby Jesus.

Other sketches for paintings that feature animals and are based on a legend or myth is that of Leda and the Swan. Although no actual paintings exist, there are countless drawings. The story is that Leda was seduced by the God Zeus in the form of a swan and bore two eggs, which resulted in the creation of Helen of Troy with Clytemnestra, and Castor with Pollux.

Although there are countless studies and sketches made by Leonardo, only 13 or 14 actual paintings exist today. One of these is Madonna and Child with St. Anne, painted from 1508 to 1510. The figures depicted all relate to one another, and the baby Jesus is shown tightly holding a little lamb. Da Vinci painted the lamb with sensitivity and detail. The lamb is symbolic of Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death for mankind. Leonardo’s animal subjects are based on reality and are filled with vitality.

Sources:
1.http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,810926,00.html
2.http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/cat.html

Submitted 9/12/2006

Melanie Light is an artist and art educator. She is site owner of ArtZpet at www.artzpet.com and Petz Classic Dog Art at www.cafepress.com/petz. You will find more artwork, gifts, and information on these sites.

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