... part of the personality of the subject presented to them. One of da Vinci's first paintings to break away from the conventions associated with art was his portrait of Ginevra de' Benci. Painted around 1470 she is presented in a haunting way, her pale flesh looks completely smooth an effect which was achieved by the artist literally smoothing the paint onto his ... qualities of the female who has the power to give birth to new life. Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting would have to be the Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda. Painted between 1503 and 1505 it was loved so much by da ...

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