The Exploration of Leonardo da Vinci’s Artistic Works’ Style

Abstract

Leonardo da Vinci is the most perfect representative figure of the Renaissance, known as one of the three masters of the Renaissance, and is recognized as a remarkable talent of many ages. Compared with the other artists of the same period, he had not finished many paintings, but each one is immortal. Up to now, people have never stopped researching the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and so on. Based on the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s time and life, this paper explores the close relevance between the unique painting style and science in his works through the analysis of his several important works, to try to explain the mysterious smile of Mona Lisa and how to portray the causes of everyone’s precise different facial expressions in the last dinner. By comparative analysis, this paper compares and analyzes the artistic styles of Leonardo da Vinci’s works in different periods to illustrate the continuous improvement of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting technology after studying and adopting scientific methods. The conclusion is that returning to the ideology of humanism during the Renaissance made Leonardo da Vinci advocate naturalism, deeply study natural sciences, especially optics, mathematics, anatomy, biology, and other disciplines related to painting, and master a wide range of knowledge fields, all of these created his unrepeatable artistic style. Throughout Leonardo da Vinci’s entire life, the most worth learning for us to learn is his persistent spirit of pursuing truth.