Data | Method of Analysis
| Interpretive Leaps
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Femal portrait of Ginevra by Leonardo Dan Vinci (1474) | Make implicit explicit
| young lady, looks sulky, unforgiving, and indifferent
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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
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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.
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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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