optics

  • The Annunciation: Da Vinci’s Early Experimentation with Optics
    Art History • Artworks under the lens
    The Annunciation: Da Vinci’s Early Experimentation with Optics

    The Annunciation is one of the earliest works attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and exemplifies many of the characteristics of his developing style. In this article, Singulart takes a closer look at this early work and at the stellar career which gave Leonardo Da Vinci the reputation of the definitive Renaissance Man.  Who was Leonardo Da Vinci? Leonardo da Vinci…