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'''Leonardo da Vinci''' (1452-1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] Renaissance polymath: an architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius, a man infinitely curious and infinitely inventive. He is considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived.
  
'''Leonardo da Vinci''' (1452-1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] Renaissance polymath: an architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius, a man infinitely curious and infinitely inventive. He is considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived.
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Leonardo is famous for his realistic paintings, such as the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper", as well as for influential drawings such as the "Vitruvian Man". He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time, notably inventing the helicopter, a tank, the use of concentrated solar power, the calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and others too numerous to mention. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were feasible during his lifetime; modern scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy during the Renaissance. In addition, he contributed greatly to the study of anatomy, astronomy, civil engineering, optics, and the study of water. Of his works, only a few paintings survive, together with his notebooks (scattered among various collections) containing drawings, scientific diagrams and notes.
  
   
 
"Mona Lisa", da Vinci's famous portrait of an Italian noblewoman, has been featured or spoofed in many Muppet productions and merchandise items. [[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's]] earliest use of the "Mona Lisa" is in the 1965 short film ''[[Time Piece]]'', in which the main character shoots the painting.
  
"Mona Lisa", da Vinci's famous portrait of an Italian noblewoman, has been featured or spoofed in many Muppet productions and merchandise items. [[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's]] earliest use of the "Mona Lisa" is in the 1965 short film ''[[Time Piece]]'', in which the main character shoots the painting.
   
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==References==
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Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" was parodied as part of the set of [[Muppet Celebrity T-shirts]], as a reference to its use in the credits of ''[[Alias]]''.
  
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===Mona Lisa===
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His name was also borrowed for [[Leonardo]], one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], in the eponymous [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|film]] and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze|its sequel]].
  
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Image:Monalisatime.jpg|''Mona Lisa'' in ''[[Time Piece]]''
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Image:Thestepsisters.jpg|Mona and Lisa from ''[[Hey Cinderella!]]''
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Image:Evrythngmus-monalisa.jpg|''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]''
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Image:Monalisatime.jpg|''Mona Lisa'' in ''Time Piece''<br>1965
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Image:S&vmonalisa.jpg|''[[Sex and Violence]]''
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Image:Monalisamuppetshow.jpg|"[[Something's Missing]]"
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Image:Evrythngmus-monalisa.jpg|''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]''<br>1974
  
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Image:S&vmonalisa.jpg|In the background of ''[[Sex and Violence]]'' <br>1975
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Image:Monamoi.jpg|"Mona Moi" from ''[[Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces]]''
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Image:Monalisa.gonzo.jpg|[[The Muppets (comic strip)|''The Muppets'' comic strip]]
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Image:Monalisamuppetshow.jpg|In the background of the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] from [[Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev|episode 213]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''<br>1977
  
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Image:Monamoi.jpg|''[[Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar]]''<br>1984
  
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Image:Monalisa.gonzo.jpg|Gonzo graffitis a wall in [[The Muppets (comic strip)]]<br>1984
  
 
Image:Monalisa.mbcredits.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' closing credits
  
Image:Monalisa.mbcredits.jpg|''[[Muppet Babies]]'' closing credits
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Image:Viewmaster-monalisa.jpg|''People In Your Neighborhood'' [[View-Master]] set. [[Ernie]] dreams about being a painter and is shown with the ''Mona Lisa''<br>1987
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Image:Viewmaster-monalisa.jpg|[[Sesame Street View-Master reels|''People In Your Neighborhood'' View-Master set]]
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Image:Cbookmonsterpieces.JPG|''[[Great Monsterpieces]]'' coloring book<br>1989
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Image:Cbookmonsterpieces.JPG|''[[Great Monsterpieces]]'' coloring book
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Image:Book.myway13.jpg|''[[On My Way with Sesame Street Volume 13]]''<br>1989
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Image:Book.myway13.jpg|[[On My Way with Sesame Street Volume 13|''On My Way with Sesame Street'' Volume 13]]
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Image:Monatelly.jpg|''[[Sesame Street]]'' song "[[Sing Your Synonyms]]"
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Image:Monatelly.jpg|"[[Sing Your Synonyms]]"
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Image:Grouch-monalisa.jpg|Oscar in front of Mona Lisa protruding from a trash can<ref>Borgenicht, David. ''[[Sesame Street Unpaved (book)|Sesame Street Unpaved]]''. p. 111</ref>
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Image:Grouch-monalisa.jpg|''[[Sesame Street Unpaved (book)|Sesame Street Unpaved]]'' (page 111)
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Image:2789f.jpg|''Moaning Lisa''<br>''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2789]]<br>1991
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Image:2789f.jpg|"Moaning Lisa" in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2789]]
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Image:Elmo.monalisa.jpg|Elmo's rendition of ''[[Right in the Middle of Your Face]]''<br>''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3145]]<br>1993
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Image:Elmo.monalisa.jpg|"[[Right in the Middle of Your Face]]"
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Image:GroanaLisa.jpg|''Groana Lisa'' in ''[[Elmo Says BOO! (video)|Elmo Says BOO!]]''<br>1997
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Image:Groana Lisa.jpg|"Groana Lisa" in ''[[Elmo Says BOO! (video)|Elmo Says BOO!]]''
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Image:Muppetart01monalisa.jpg|[[Muppet Art: 1999 Calendar]]<br>1999
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Image:Muppetart01monalisa.jpg|[[Muppet Art: 1999 Calendar]]
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Image:Monster_Lisa.png|''Monster Lisa''<br>''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' poster and postcard<br>1999
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Image:Monster_Lisa.jpg|"Monster Lisa" from a ''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' poster and postcard
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Image:Monsterartsticker.jpg|''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Museum of Monster Art]]'' sticker book<br>2001
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Image:Monsterartsticker.jpg|<span class=plainlinks>[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_coloring_books?image=Monsterartsticker-jpg ''Museum of Monster Art'' sticker book]</span>
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Image:Mathieu.smileconnectsus.jpg|Art created by [[Joe Mathieu]] especially for [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]]'s song on ''[[Thanks & Giving All Year Long]]''<br>2005
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Image:Mathieu.smileconnectsus.jpg|''[[Thanks & Giving All Year Long]]''
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Image:MonaChicken.jpg|[[Big Bird's Nest]] in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Season 37]] is decorated with a bird variation of the "Groana Lisa" painting seen in the ''Elmo Says Boo'' special<br>2006
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Image:MonaChicken.jpg|[[Big Bird's Nest]] in [[Season 37]]
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File:NumberllaMLisa.jpg|The Story of [[Cinderella|Numberella]]<br>''Sesame Street'' [[episode 3073]]
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Image:NumberllaMLisa.jpg|''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3073]]
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Image:450b.jpg|''Plaza Sésamo'' [[episodio 845|Episode 845]]
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Image:MWO-MonaWitcha.jpg|''[[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]]''
 
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==The Vitruvian Man==
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===The Vitruvian Man===
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Image:Vitruvianfrog.jpg|Kermit as ''The Vitruvian Man,'' logo for the 1979 ''[[The Art of the Muppets (exhibit)|The Art of the Muppets]]'' exhibit. Also printed in [[The Muppet Show Fan Club]] newsletter Volume Two, Number Two, and on the cover of ''[[Character Style Guides|Jim Henson's Muppets Style Guide]]''
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Image:Vitruvianfrog.jpg|[[The Art of the Muppets (exhibit)|1979 exhibit]] and [[The Muppet Show Fan Club#volume 1.2C number 2|Fan Club newsletter]]
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Image:Muppet Style Guide.png|[[Character_Style_Guides#The_Muppets|Style Guide cover]] and [[:File:MonaPiggaPostcard.jpg|postcard]]
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Image:Shirt5.JPG|Kermit as the Vitruvian Man on a [[Muppet Celebrity T-shirt]]<br>2005
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Image:Shirt5.JPG|2005 [[Muppet Celebrity T-shirts|celebrity design t-shirt]]
 
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* "The Last Supper" appears on the wall in the Fiama home in [[Episode 212: Johnny Fiama Leaves Home|episode 212]] of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.
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* When [[Clifford]] needs a guest star in the ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' episode "[[Episode 208: The Cameo Show|The Cameo Show]]", he says they need to find someone "with the wisdom of Solomon, the vision of da Vinci and the brilliance of [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]."
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* In his book ''[[Before You Leap]]'', [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] talks about his ancestors, including Leonardo Da Frog, "who first gained fame as an artist and inventor before really hitting it big selling cheap decoder rings to gullible tourists."
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==Trivia==
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His name was also borrowed for [[Leonardo]], one of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], in the eponymous [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|film]] and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze|its sequel]].
   
 
==External links==
  
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Revision as of 05:15, 5 May 2012

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: an architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius, a man infinitely curious and infinitely inventive. He is considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived.

"Mona Lisa", da Vinci's famous portrait of an Italian noblewoman, has been featured or spoofed in many Muppet productions and merchandise items. Jim Henson's earliest use of the "Mona Lisa" is in the 1965 short film Time Piece, in which the main character shoots the painting.

References

Mona Lisa

The Vitruvian Man

Other references

Last supper fiama
  • In his book Before You Leap, Kermit talks about his ancestors, including Leonardo Da Frog, "who first gained fame as an artist and inventor before really hitting it big selling cheap decoder rings to gullible tourists."

Trivia

His name was also borrowed for Leonardo, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the eponymous Creature Shop film and its sequel.

External links

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