Showing posts with label Salvator Mundi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salvator Mundi. Show all posts
10 November, 2017
Is There Room in Your Heart?
I don't know it there's any room in your heart for awe. This video is a litmus test for you.
10 October, 2017
Selling the Savior of the World
The Salvator Mundi.
"Discovering a new da Vinci is...like discovering a new planet," says Alistair Cooke.
Indeed it is. I have personally viewed two and a half of Leonardo's paintings, and The Gates Codex. They are, Ginevra de' Benci, in Washington DC, The Benois Madonna, and The Litta Madonna, in Russia. The latter is thought to be by a talented artist and student of da Vinci's. My own opinion is it lacks the requisite grace of a Leonardo. On the positive side, what I have seen of da Vinci's work convinces me that he was more than the Renaissance master of canonical proportions and style. He was truly an artist's artist.
Going into what is a little bit of a soft market for art, the auction house Christie's expects a hundred million dollar sale of the painting of the world's most revered individual, by the world's most noted artist.
My previous posts on Leonardo da Vinci, which are a great reference source for art students: Spotlight on Leonardo.
"Discovering a new da Vinci is...like discovering a new planet," says Alistair Cooke.
Indeed it is. I have personally viewed two and a half of Leonardo's paintings, and The Gates Codex. They are, Ginevra de' Benci, in Washington DC, The Benois Madonna, and The Litta Madonna, in Russia. The latter is thought to be by a talented artist and student of da Vinci's. My own opinion is it lacks the requisite grace of a Leonardo. On the positive side, what I have seen of da Vinci's work convinces me that he was more than the Renaissance master of canonical proportions and style. He was truly an artist's artist.
Going into what is a little bit of a soft market for art, the auction house Christie's expects a hundred million dollar sale of the painting of the world's most revered individual, by the world's most noted artist.
My previous posts on Leonardo da Vinci, which are a great reference source for art students: Spotlight on Leonardo.
23 November, 2011
The Incredible Science of Art Restoration
VVV
Because new technologies are revealing tremendous things in the art world, I wanted to post this amazing video showing the slow revelation of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, Salvator Mundi, through the restoration process.
Re-posted below is a blog by The Colorist which is receiving some attention on the Interwebs.
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Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci
o/p, 25 13/16" X 17 7/8 "
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Salvator Mundi, c. 1500 Oil on walnut panel, 25 13/16 X 17 7/8 inches (65.6 X 45.4 cm) (C) 2011 Salvator Mundi llc. (PRNewsFoto/Robert Simon, Tim Nighswander)
This post originally published May, 2011.
Although he has been safely dead for 492 years, Leonardo da Vinci continues to make headlines. Arguably the greatest polymath ever, Leonardo is never uninteresting.
Is it possible that da Vinci painted an image titled Salvator Mundi, and that this has only now come to light? News reports say that experts have re-attributed this painting to the master, whereas before it was said to have been created by one of da Vinci's students. Incredibly, this would be only the fifteenth known painting by da Vinci that exists. Unless, of course, somebody un-crates another one somewhere.
Dan Brown! Paging Mr. Dan Brown!
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Lairweb - best report.
h/t Vanderleun
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