... Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History, 1992). As a result, a feeling is created that gives the viewer a sensation of looking at 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 canvass using his hands. The young lady looks straight through the painting as if looking ...

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