Monday, August 31, 2009

Ginevra by Leonardo Da Vinci



Data

Method of Analysis

Interpretive Leaps

Femal portrait of Ginevra by Leonardo Dan Vinci (1474)

Make implicit explicit

young lady, looks sulky, unforgiving, and indifferent

expressionless face, not looking at us, contained hair

Locate patterns of same or similar detail

the figure strikes us as an innocent young women who is independent, but also powerful and intellegant

trees in the background versus blank colored background

Locate organizing contrast

the trees in the background represent a sprig of juniper, in contrast, the juniper plant reprents marriage and means Ginevra in Italian.

straight body posture, head slightly tilted, and no presence of lower body

Anomalies


the detailed expression could mean an unhappy mood towards the forthcoming marriage



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