Inferences, secrets an meaning of legendary painting "Virgin of the Rocks" of Leonardo da Vinci ,also known as "Madonna of the Rocks".

1. CE 1483
LOUVRE, PARIS
CE 1508
NATIONAL GALLARY, LONDON
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS da vinci

2. VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
 DATE: CE 1483, CE 1508
 ARTIST: LEONARDO DA VINCI(1452-1519)
 MEDIUM: OIL PAINTING ON WOODEN PANEL
 SIZE: 6 FT X 3 FT
 GENRE: RELIGIOUS ART
 MOVEMENT: HIGH RENAISSANCE PAINTING
 LOCATION: LOUVRE, PARIS;
NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON

3. About the artist
Leonardo da vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance
polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician,
mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist,
cartographer, botanist, and writer.
Born: April 15, 1452, Vinci, Italy
Died: May 2, 1519, Amboise, France
Period: High Renaissance

4. ARCHANGEL GABRIEL
CHILD CHRIST
composition
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
MARY ‘THE VIRGIN’
SAINT JOHN
THE ICONOGRAPHICAL
SETTING IS A ROCKY
GROTTO, WHERE FOUR
FIGURES ARE SITTING
TOGETHER ON THE
STONE FLOOR IN A
PYRAMID-LIKE
ARRANGEMENT
WHICH SEEMINGLY
HOLDS ALL FOUR
FIGURES IN A TIGHT
EXCHANGE OF LOOKS
AND GESTURES..

5. Light & shadow
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
The figures project out
of the darkness of the
grotto, illuminated by
light falling from the
top-left of the picture.
The setting of a rocky
den is a perfect image
by which to evoke the
notion of natural
motherhood
THE RAISED LINEAR
PERSPECTIVE, BY
WHICH THE
ILLUSION OF DEPTH
IS GIVEN TO THE
PAINTING, IS
CREATED BY MEANS
OF A CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE
JAGGED BLACK
ROCKS IN THE
GROTTO AND THE
HAZY PROFILES OF
THE MOUNTAIN
TOPS IN THE FAR.

6. Gabriel's hand, pointing to
the John, forms a horizontal
line in the space between
the Virgin's hand and the
head of Christ, as if
completing an invisible
cross.
Christ tiny right arm is raised
in a gesture of benediction,
aimed at the infant Saint
John, who clasps his hands in
INFERENCE
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
THIS PIECE OF
ART WAS CREATED
BASIS THAT IT
PORTRAYED THE
VIRGIN IN HONOUR
OF THE DOCTRINE
OF THE
IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION - THE
DOGMA
PROCLAIMING MARY
WAS CONCEIVED
WITHOUT ORIGINAL
SIN.
The blessing circle is prayer.
completed by the
Madonna who extends her
arm to encircle the head of
the infant John.

7. Born: April 15, 1452, Vinci, Italy
Died: May 2, 1519, Amboise, France
Full name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Period: High Renaissance
CE 1483
LOUVRE, PARIS
CE 1508
NATIONAL GALLARY, LONDON
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