Female Head (La Scapigliata), c.1508 by Leonardo da Vinci

by **FireangelX** Tue 31 Jul 2007, 8:08 pm

Female Head (La Scapigliata)

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

For Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), art first cast its spell on him at age 17, when he was apprenticed by esteemed Renaissance artist Andrea Verrocchio, and it remained his passion until his death at age 67. Although he made vast contributions to mathematics, biology, anatomy, physics, engineering and architecture, he is most acclaimed for his profound body of artistic achievements.

His gloriously rendered female figures, such as "La Scapigliata," presented women in a light unheard of in his era—as intelligent beings and biological equals to men. The work also possesses a spiritually luminescent quality, communicated by the subject's bowed head, refined features, and serene expression. In this piece, as in da Vinci's others, the work itself, as well as every brushstroke in it, is a masterpiece.

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

- Leonardo da Vinci

by **tabooXchanz** Wed 01 Aug 2007, 1:40 am

"La Scapigliata," presented women in a light unheard of in his era—as intelligent beings and biological equals to men. The work also possesses a spiritually luminescent quality, communicated by the subject's bowed head, refined features, and serene expression. In this piece, as in da Vinci's others, the work itself, as well as every brushstroke in it, is a masterpiece.

rightly so, thats what I love about his pieces, they are just so perfect in the way he captures his subject, that you almost feel emotional just at the sight of it

by **FireangelX** Thu 02 Aug 2007, 7:59 pm

i know rite!

i remember seeing this picture in "ever after" played by drew barrymore.

i guess its the beauty of the art that da vinci captured that fascinates me.

by **tabooXchanz** Fri 03 Aug 2007, 12:45 am

yea, his work often inspires me...but sadly I know I could never ever even attempt to create something so beautiful....

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