... the new methods of Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael produced a number of paintings in Rome including Julius II (1511-1512), Madonna della Sedia (1513-1514), Baldassare Castiglione (1514- 1515), La Donna Velata (1516). La Donna Velata represents Raphael's ideal beauty. Both Leonardo and Raphael characterise their individuals in similar ways. In Leonardo's Mona Lisa (1503), her expression is that of physical and emotional ... , content and contemplative, while sitting in a three quarter pose. Both women's gestures are similar, hand rested in front of her, along with the veil they both wear. Mona...

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... 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 Vinci that he actually carried the portrait around with him, innovatory in the subtlety and naturalness of ... ...

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