{"id":19261,"date":"2022-03-22T17:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonardodavinci.it\/uncategorized\/leonardos-annunciation-secrets-and-curiosities\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:30:50","slug":"annunciation-leonardo-secrets-curiosities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonardodavinci.it\/en\/journal\/art-culture\/annunciation-leonardo-secrets-curiosities\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo\u2019s Annunciation: secrets and curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19261\" class=\"elementor elementor-19261 elementor-18856\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-924f906 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"924f906\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f9b5c1\" data-id=\"5f9b5c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbec1d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbec1d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t&#8220;<strong>The Annunciation<\/strong>&#8221; is one of <strong>Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s most famous works<\/strong>, along with the &#8220;<strong>Mona Lisa<\/strong>&#8220;, the &#8220;<strong>Lady with an Ermine<\/strong>&#8221; or the &#8220;<strong>Last Supper<\/strong>&#8220;. It is an oil and tempera painting on a 98\u00d7217 cm panel, a youthful masterpiece by <strong>Leonardo<\/strong>, dated between 1472 and 1475 and kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.\r\nPrecisely because of its iconic and symbolic value, <strong>Cantine Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong> has chosen this work to represent the Villa Da Vinci line, a collection dedicated to the <strong>crus<\/strong> of the company and telling of the details of the painting:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.leonardodavinci.it\/en\/s-to-ippolito\"><strong>S.to Ippolito Toscana Rosso IGT<\/strong><\/a> (on the label: the Archangel and the Virgin).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.leonardodavinci.it\/en\/san-zio\"><strong>San Zio Toscana Rosso IGT<\/strong><\/a> (on the label: the Archangel)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.leonardodavinci.it\/en\/linarius\"><strong>Linarius Syrah Toscana Rosso IGT<\/strong><\/a> (on the label: the Virgin)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.leonardodavinci.it\/en\/streda\"><strong>Streda Vermentino Toscana IGT<\/strong><\/a> (on the label: a blooming lily)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecc7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"3ecc7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What makes Leonardo's Annunciation a pictorial masterpiece?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a42b291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a42b291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeonardo da Vinci was then a young man in his twenties, a student in the workshop of Verrocchio, and it seems that The Annunciation was one of the first commissions of the Renaissance genius. The Annunciation is a masterpiece that is striking for the design of the space and the staging of the scene: Leonardo da Vinci deliberately departs from the traditional iconography of the time to place a sacred theme such as the announcement of the birth of Jesus in a naturalistic and earthly setting. The landscape is not painted in the geometric perspective typical of the fifteenth century, but is degraded in perspective downwards thanks to the shades of color between the outlines of the mountains, the river, and a city that can be glimpsed among the carefully tended trees.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a147f elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"f1a147f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/leonardodavinci.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.png\" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"700\" aria-label=\"Madonna (L&#039;Annunciazione)\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/leonardodavinci.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.png\" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"700\" aria-label=\"Altare (L&#039;Annunciazione)\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/leonardodavinci.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.png\" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"700\" aria-label=\"Panorama (L&#039;Annunciazione)\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccbe033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccbe033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where is the scene set?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d174eb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d174eb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeonardo da Vinci staged the Annunciation in a fenced garden, a medieval outdoor space typical of monasteries and convents of the time.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba70f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba70f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What pictorial elements appear on the labels of Leonardo da Vinci wines?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efab77c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efab77c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Villa Da Vinci Collection consists of four wines (three reds and one white) that show some of the most important basic elements of the work on the label: the archangel Gabriel, the Virgin and the lily flower, a symbol of purity and chastity.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a158dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a158dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In what elements lay Leonardo's mastery? In the details.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15efe8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15efe8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn addition to the nuanced hues that were so close to the artist&#8217;s heart and that can be seen in the background, the drapery of the Archangel&#8217;s and the Virgin&#8217;s robes are carefully studied and represented in the wide and soft folds to emphasise the plasticity of the figures depicted and to fit them realistically into the scene. Another very realistic detail is the transparent veil that hangs over the reading desk under the book of Scripture in which Mary is reading. Nothing is left to chance and everything is thought out to the smallest detail, as are the classic decorative elements of the lectern: from the Ionic scrolls to the garland of fruit leaves to the shell, the symbol of the &#8220;new Venus&#8221; that is Mary, and of eternal beauty.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-004f655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"004f655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The errors of the perspective<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d1c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58d1c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome scholars claim that the painting has an obvious error of perspective, which consists in the fact that the right arm of the Virgin is longer than the left and the proportions of her legs are too short compared to the bust. Those who refute this thesis are convinced that it is a decision made by Leonardo himself, due to the necessity of an obligatory point of view: if the painting is not viewed from the front, the perspective distortions are in fact recomposed.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Annunciation&#8221; is one of Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s most famous works, along with the &#8220;Mona Lisa&#8220;, the &#8220;Lady with an Ermine&#8221; or the &#8220;Last Supper&#8220;. It is an oil and tempera painting on a 98\u00d7217 cm panel, a youthful masterpiece by Leonardo, dated between 1472 and 1475 and kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. 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