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Da Vinci de Leonardo: Parte 1 dos animais de Leonardo de 2

Por Melanie Luz

O da Vinci de Leonardo foi carregado em 1492 em um farmhouse Tuscan em Anchiano, Italy, perto da cidade de Vinci onde gastou a maioria de sua infância. Era o filho de Ser Piero e uma menina chamou Caterina que trabalhou para ele. Depois que Leonardo foi carregado, o pai e a mãe não remanesceram junto. Somente tenha recentemente detalhes da mãe do nascimento de Leonardo vêm iluminar-se. Em 2002, Alessandro Vezzosi, diretor do museu de Vinci do da de Leonardo em Vinci, Italy, disse a imprensa que tinham encontrado ™s substanciais de Leonardo†da prova a mãe era uma menina slave e não uma menina peasant, como acreditado previamente. (1) Vezzosi foi sobre relatar que o pai€ dos ™s de Leonardoâ era um artesão que possuísse um escravo fêmea Médio-Oriental nomeado Caterina. E, de acordo com sua descoberta, alguns meses depois que Caterina deu o nascimento a Leonardo, foi casada fora a um dos trabalhadores.

Leonardo viveu em Anchiana e em Vinci até que teve oito anos velho. Mais tarde, moveu-se para Florença com seu pai. Quando Leonardo era 14, transformou-se um aprendiz sob o sculptor e o pintor famed Andrea del Verrocchio em Florença. Nesse período, Verrocchio era o artista Florentine principal. Pelo tempo Leonardo estava entre 21 e 23 anos velho, tinha-se transformado um pintor muito hábil. Verrocchio permitiu Leonardo ajudar com uma pintura importante, o Baptism de Christ (galeria de Uffizi, Florença). Leonardo pintou o fundo e o anjo ajoelhar-se. Diz-se que quando Verrocchio viu que Leonardo poderia pintar mais melhor do que qualquer um ele o tinha visto sempre, including himself, deu acima pintar para o bom. Verrocchio decidiu-se que concentraria no sculpture.

O da Vinci de Leonardo foi dito ter um amor grande para animais, e seus jornais ilustram mais mais este. Era um vegetariano, pelo menos na última parte de sua vida (nós não temos a prova definitiva que era um vegetariano estrito em sua vida adiantada). 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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