Leonardo da Vinci is remembered as one of the greatest artists, inventors, and thinkers ever to live. His genius came not only is his amazing skills but also his revolutionary ideals. He was one of the first to extensively detail his paintings and portraits to match, almost exactely, the human body. As his biographer Giorgio Vasari wrote about the Mona Lisa, The eyebrows, through his having shown the manner in which the hairs spring from the flesh, here more close and here more scanty, and curve according to the pores of the skin, could not be more natural. The nose, with its beautiful nostrils, rosy and tender, appeared to be alive. The mouth, with its opening, and with its ends united by the red of the lips to the flesh-tints of the face, seemed, in truth, to be not colours but flesh. In the pit of the throat, if one gazed upon it intently, could be seen the beating of the pulse" This detail made Leonardo stand out from all the other artists of his time, and he provided the baseline for what portraits were to be.
He also spent great time forming and thinking about each of his works long enough to make every one perfect. He would spend months painting or sculpting one work of art for months. And would stand, staring at a painting for hours on end. This meticulous perfection added to the genius and beauty of his works. His attention to detail and the long hours he spend making each piece perfect, formed the genius of Leonardo da Vinci.
"Medieval Sourcebook: Giorgio Vasari: Life of Leonardo Da Vinci 1550." Ow.ly - Shorten Urls, Share Files and Track Visits - Owly. Web. 15 May 2010. http://ht.ly/1Kaia.
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