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	Magi
		The Adoration of the Magi, Jacques Daret, 1433-35.
		The Adoration of the Magi, Hans Multscher, 1437.
		Adoration of the Magi, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1753.
	www.textweek.com /art/magi.htm (1225 words)

	Leonardo DaVinci
		Leonardo was commissioned in 1480 to paint this work for the main altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence.
		Leonardo held a hope that his prancing horses from the Adoration of the Magi could be successfully cast in bronze.
		Though the Adoration of the Magi never progressed beyond its brown ink and yellow ocher groundwork it is recognised as one of his most important works, done at a time when he was taking the final steps away from the influence of his master, Verrocchio.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /leonardo/magi.html (829 words)

	Online Exhibition - Seeing Beyond the Visible: Share the Perspective of Genius: Leonardo's Study for the Adoration of ...
		Leonardo sketched a series of preparatory studies which allow us to understand the process of conceiving the wooden panel, that he left unfinished when he moved to Milan in 1482.
		In one of these drawings, Leonardo drew with meticulous accuracy a refined perspective grid in order to place the architectural structures, the human figures, and the animals, which he intended to use to animate the scene, in a realistically proportioned way.
		The drawing is a preparatory study for the Adoration of the Magi, the wooden panel painting that was commissioned to be painted by Leonardo for the main altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto near Florence.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/leonardo/leonardo-exhibit.html (501 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Leonardo - Adoration of the Magi
		The Adoration of the Magi was commissioned for the altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence.
		Leonardo agreed to paint it within two-and-a-half years, on the understanding that he would receive nothing if the work was delivered late.
		The ruins and the sparring knights in the background signify the decline of pagan culture in the face of a new Christian era.
	www.bbc.co.uk /science/leonardo/gallery/magi.shtml (256 words)

	Universal Leonardo: Leonardo da Vinci online › Adoration of the Magi
		Leonardo’s Adoration represents the moment when the second king offers his gift of frankincense, traditionally a symbol of the Eucharist, to the Christ-child who willingly receives it, a symbolic gesture of his acceptance of his fate.
		The “Adoration of the Magi” was a popular subject for altarpieces in Florence, due to the fact that the feast of the Epiphany fell on the same day as the feast day of St. John the Baptist, the city’s patron saint.
		The Adoration of the Magi altarpieces painted by Gentile da Fabriano for the Strozzi Chapel in 1423 (Florence, Uffizi), and Filippo Lippi in 1455 (Washington, National Gallery of Art) were important precedents for Leonardo’s painting.
	www.universalleonardo.org /work.php?id=342 (515 words)

	Da Vinci's - Leonardo
		Leonardo's equally impressive contribution to science is a modern rediscovery, having been preserved in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known only in the 20th century.
		Leonardo was born on Apr. 15, 1452, near the town of Vinci, not far from Florence.
		Leonardo's observations and experiments into the workings of nature include the stratification of rocks, the flow of water, the growth of plants, and the action of light.
	www.davincis.ie /leonardo.html (904 words)

	Adoration of the Magi by LEONARDO da Vinci
		Leonardo appears to have depicted this moment, so dramatic in human history, in his panel.
		Even though the panel remained unfinished, the Adoration of the Magi, with its symmetrically composed main group which differs from the traditional linear composition, is now considered one of the most progressive works in Florentine painting.
		The painting also differs from the traditional way of depicting the Adoration in Florence by means of the puzzling scenes in the background, the equestrian battles and an unfinished staircase.
	www.wga.hu /html/l/leonardo/02/1adorati.html (360 words)

	The extraordinary story of a painting contest between Michelangelo and Leonardo \| Arts critics \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Leonardo was commissioned to paint a vast wall painting of The Battle of Anghiari, a scene from the 15th-century wars between Florence and Milan.
		Leonardo depicted the very heart of battle, an agonising, horrific entanglement of human and animal bodies, but Michelangelo drew war's margins, a moment of bizarre ordinariness, when Florentine soldiers, bathing naked in the Arno, hear the enemy coming and rush to get out of the water and put on armour.
		In the receding distance of Leonardo's unfinished conundrum of a painting are horsemen, engaged in combat.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /critic/feature/0,1169,931812,00.html (1708 words)

	SparkNotes: Leonardo da Vinci: New Housemates, and The Last Supper: 1490-1499
		According to Leonardo's journals, the year 1490 marked the arrival of a new member to the artist's household: the ten-year-old boy Giacomo, known as "Salai." Salai was a beautiful boy from a peasant family.
		Although historians remain unsure whether this woman was Caterina Leonardo's mother– she may have been a servant–but many scholars suspect she was indeed the artist's mother: some of the few vague personal notes in Leonardo's notebooks suggest that he had invited her, as opposed to hiring her.
		Leonardo was widely considered to be a master, but he seemed incapable of creating anything that would "last," in the most literal sense of the word.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/davinci/section5.rhtml (1145 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions
		For the sixty-five-year-old Leonardo, suffering from ill health, in contrast, the paralysis of the right hand did not impair his skill, since he was naturally left-handed, but taxed the physical strength of his arms in the demanding act of painting.
		In Leonardo's case, therefore, it is not entirely correct to state that he consistently drew strokes in one direction, for, like artists working with their right hand, he did not always begin his strokes at the same place.
		Leonardo's early drawings, from the 1470s and early 1480s, often exhibit shorter and more disorganized lines of parallel hatching than do his drawings from the 1490s, with the strokes characterized by an especially large loop at the end.
	www.metmuseum.org /special/Leonardo_Master_Draftsman/draftsman_left_essay.asp (9212 words)

	My Art History Site
		Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" was painted in 1510-1519 A.D.; the medium is oil on wood; and it is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris (Bartz and Konig, 2001).
		Leonardo lived in Florence, Italy, from 1469 A.D., and he worked from 1471 A.D. to 1476 A.D. as an apprentice in the workshop of the painter Verrocchio (Krausse, 1995).
		Leonardo's outstanding artistic work had its rewards; for Leonardo was employed by the French king from 1507 A.D., and in 1515 A.D. Leonardo went to France and was given an estate and was awarded the highest honors (Krausse, 1995).
	www.arthistoryfacts.com (1024 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci \| Renaissance Man
		For example, one of Leonardo's first big breaks was to paint an angel in Verrochio's "Baptism of Christ," and Leonardo was so much better than his master's that Verrochio allegedly resolved never to paint again.
		Alas, Leonardo's interests were so broad, and he was so often compelled by new subjects, that he usually failed to finish what he started.
		At first Leonardo was commissioned to make only a life-sized statue, already a difficult task, but his employer, Ludovico Sforza, then decided that the tribute to his father should be four times larger.
	www.mos.org /leonardo/bio.html (1221 words)

	Leonardo Da Vinci's The Adoration of the Magi
		Leonardo Da Vinci's The Adoration of the Magi
		On looker on the right side is portrayed holding his hand in the (5) "V" shape for femininity.
		• Leonardo Di Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks
	www.ufodigest.com /adoration.html (266 words)

	Universal Leonardo: Leonardo da Vinci online › Trails › Light and Vision
		According to Leonardo, the most important of the five senses was sight, the eye being the “window of the soul”.
		In the 15th century, sight was thought to reach the eye in the form of a pyramid or cone that originates from the edges of objects and converges to meet in a point at the eye.
		In this study for the Adoration of the Magi, Leonardo has applied his knowledge of linear perspective to create a rational, geometrically constructed space within which to situate the narrative.
	www.universalleonardo.org /trail.php?trail=543&work=454 (537 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| X-ray reveals secret of Leonardo's Magi
		ONLY a fraction of the Adoration of the Magi, the picture long seen as Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, was in fact painted by the Renaissance artist, according to one of Italy's leading scientific art analysts.
		The Adoration of the Magi was commissioned in 1481 by the monks of San Donato in Scopeto, near Florence, as an altarpiece.
		A year later Leonardo moved to Milan, leaving the painting unfinished in Florence, but the share of it painted by others was not previously known.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/23/wleo23.xml (367 words)

	SparkNotes: Leonardo da Vinci: Important Terms, People, and Events
		Leonardo probably met him at the Bologna peace talks of 1515, where, according to Vasari, the painter presented the king with a mechanical lion.
		Whether or not Leonardo was very involved in the painting's actual execution, he most likely was responsible for the design of the picture; he could have sketched the composition and let others do the painting.
		Leonardo's preference for the shadows, veils, and sfumato possible in oil painting reaches its culmination in this portrait, where color and light are in perfect subservience to volume.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/davinci/terms.html (3626 words)

	Leonardo Adoration of the Magi - Times Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Seracini who has utilized technology, in particular sonograms, to perform routine checkups on various masterpieces for the Uffizi and the Louvre, was brought in by the Uffizi to help settle an International dispute over whether Leonardo's unfinished the Adoration of the Magi was too fragile to be restored.
		baby's foot which looks like its carved out of wood.The images beneath the paint of the 'Adoration' which were revealed by infrared reflectography transforms the 'Adoration' scene from one which depicts a world in ruins to one that celebrates a world of reconstruction at the beginning of the Renaissance.
		Ironically Seracini an engineer who studied medicine but has become a premier art diagnostician, believes Leonardo, a man of science,would be most approving of the technology used to demonstrate that he did not paint the 'Adoration'.
	library.thinkquest.org /13681/data/millennium/seracini.htm (360 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci Paintings Reproduction and Biography
		Leonardo da Vinci was also exposed to Vinci’s longstanding painting tradition, and when he was about 15 his father apprenticed him to the renowned workshop of Andrea del Verrochio in Florence.
		Leonardo da Vinci paintings covered four main themes: painting, architecture, the elements of mechanics, and human anatomy.
		Leonardo da Vinci traveled for a year with Borgia’s army as a military engineer and even met Niccolo Machiavelli, author of "The Prince." Leonardo also designed a bridge to span the “golden horn" in Constantinople during this period and received a commission, with the help of Machiavelli, to paint the "Battle of Anghiari."
	www.allartclassic.com /author_biography.php?p_number=83 (919 words)

	Leonardo: The World in One Man - Art - The Adoration of the Magi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leonardo began this painting in 1948 as an altar-piece for the church of San Donato a Scopeto.
		It is interesting to note how Leonardo not only incorporated the geometric realm but brought the artistic pre-sketches into his created 3d-space.
		Go to the comments about "The Adoration of the Magi" to read what others have said and to add your own thoughts.
	library.advanced.org /11417/magi.html (171 words)

	Perspectival study of the Adoration of the Magi by LEONARDO da Vinci
		Perspectival study of the Adoration of the Magi by LEONARDO da Vinci
		Perspectival study of the Adoration of the Magi
		In the centre at the front there is already an indication of how Leonardo intended to achieve a connection between the perspectival space and the figural space, for he has sketched in rocks and grasses.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/l/leonardo/07study1/5adorat1.html (145 words)

	Leonardo DaVinci
		When Leonardo died his possessions were pitifully few.
		In Leonardo's painting St. John seems almost to be a hermaphrodite.
		Typical of Leonardo's paintings, these will be heavily debated especially as so many copies of his original were done by students.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /leonardo/john.html (401 words)

	Da Vinci Detective
		UCSD alumnus Maurizio Seracini unveiled hidden drawings in Leonardo Da Vinci's "Adoration of the Magi" during a talk Wednesday at Calit2.
		He scanned the “Adoration of the Magi” with a variety of non-invasive, non-destructive imaging technologies to determine its history, including the techniques and materials used and its state of conservation.
		His work on the “Adoration” is part of a major new exhibition at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, “The Mind of Leonardo,” which opened on March 28 to critical acclaim.
	ucsdnews.ucsd.edu /thisweek/2006/may/05_22_davinci.asp (987 words)

	Leonardo: The World in One Man - Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leonardo put mounds of preparation into his work which never comes into being without several sketches and alterations.
		One example of such geometric preparations is noticable in his painting titled "The Adoration of the Magi".
		Finally, Leonardo held high respect for the artistic portrayal of religous scenes such as his famous fresco "The Last Supper".
	library.advanced.org /11417/art.html (310 words)

	Eli Robillard - Observations on Da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi
		Eli Robillard - Observations on Da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi
		Abstract: Discussion of the structural layout of Da Vinci's "Adoration of the Magi".
		The Magi are the three figures arranged in a triangle below Mary, one to our right, two to the left.
	www.erobillard.com /Content/Doc-AdorationOfTheMagi.asp (1181 words)

	Exploring Linear Perspective
		The artist and architect Brunelleschi demonstrated its principles, but another architect and writer, Leon Battista Alberti was first to write down rules of linear perspective for artists to follow.
		Leonardo da Vinci probably learned Alberti's system while serving as an apprentice to the artist Verrocchio in Florence.
		In this study for Adoration of the Magi, Leonardo has carefully drawn all of the lines needed to create perspective before sketching in all the figures.
	www.mos.org /sln/Leonardo/ExploringLinearPerspective.html (312 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci - Olga's Gallery
		Leonardo da Vinci was the embodiment of the Renaissance ideal of the universal man, the first artist to attain complete mastery over all branches of art.
		At the age of 15 he became an apprentice of the Florentine painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio and although in 1472 he entered the San Luca guild of painters in Florence, which would indicate that he had attained a degree of professional independence, he remained with Andrea del Verrocchio until 1480.
		To look at auction records, find Leonardo 's works in upcoming auctions, check price levels and indexes for his works, read his biography and view his signature, access the Artprice database.
	www.abcgallery.com /L/leonardo/leonardo.html (318 words)

	WahooArt.com >> Painter: Leonardo da Vinci >> Paintings: Adoration of the Magi
		Each began his artistic career with an apprenticeship to a painter who was already of good standing, and each took the same path of first accepting, then transcending, the influence of his first master.
		The first of these, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), was the elder of the two Florentine masters.
		Leonardo was the illegitimate son of a local lawyer in the small town of Vinci in the Tuscan region.
	wahooart.com /A55A04/w.nsf/Opra/BRUE-5ZKCWB (624 words)

	Web Lessons -- Leonardo da Vinci
		The great Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most influential artists and thinkers on Western civilization.
		He created the drawing as a study for Adoration of the Magi, considered to be his first great composition.
		Leonardo @ the Museum was an exhibit during the summer of 1997, and a few things from the exhibit are still available online.
	www.learnersonline.com /gifted/CD/lessons/daVinci/daVinci.html (743 words)

	Leonardo da Vinci
		His father acknowledged him and paid for his training, but we may wonder whether the strangely self-sufficient tone of Leonardo's mind was not perhaps affected by his early ambiguity of status.
		What she is truly like she conceals; what Leonardo reveals to us is precisely this concealment, a self-absorption that spares no outward glance.
		The angel's face in the painting known as the Virgin of the Rocks in the National Gallery, London, or the Virgin's face in the Paris version of the same picture, have an interior wisdom, an artistic wisdom that has no pictorial rival.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/L/leonardo.html (944 words)

	EDITECH Srl - Diagnostic center for Fine Arts and Architecture, Florence, Italy - Leonardo da Vinci, Adorazione dei Magi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Editech has been asked by the Uffizi Gallery to conduct a series of diagnostic investigations on the "Adoration of the Magi" by Leonardo da Vinci.
		These scientific examinations, aimed at determining the techniques, materials, and state of conservation of the painting, include multispectral diagnostic imaging, followed by analytical diagnostics.
		In particular, a understanding the genesis of Leonardo's work was provided by the comparison between images in visible light and those in the infrared range.
	www.editech.com /uk/html/adorazione-01.html (148 words)

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