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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. |
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⚫ | "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 |
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+ | Mona Piggy Muppet Annual 1980.jpg|"Mona Piggy" from [[Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1980]] |
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+ | Monamoi.jpg|"Mona Moi" from ''[[Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces]]'' |
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+ | MWO-MonaWitcha.jpg|''[[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]]'' |
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+ | Image:Thestepsisters.jpg|Mona and Lisa from ''[[Hey Cinderella!]]'' |
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+ | Image:Monalisamuppetshow.jpg|"[[Something's Missing]]" |
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+ | Image:Viewmaster-monalisa.jpg|[[Sesame Street View-Master reels|''People In Your Neighborhood'' View-Master set]] |
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+ | 1454-Drawings.jpg|''Sesame Street'' cartoon {{eka|1454}} |
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+ | Image:Elmo.monalisa.jpg|"[[Right in the Middle of My Face]]" |
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+ | Image:Monster_Lisa.jpg|"Monster Lisa" from a ''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' poster and postcard |
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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:MonaChicken.jpg|[[Big Bird's Nest]] in [[Season 37]] |
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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:TCT-mona.jpg|''[[The Cookie Thief]]'' |
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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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+ | 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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+ | VetruvianGBMan.jpg|''[[The Cookie Thief]]'' |
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+ | SG-Banana.png|[[Super Grover 2.0]] |
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+ | ===Other references=== |
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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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− | 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: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:Monsterartsticker.jpg|''[[Sesame Street Coloring Books|Museum of Monster Art]]'' sticker book<br>2001 |
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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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+ | * 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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+ | * ''[[The Cookie Thief]]'' features various cookie-related spoofs of the artist and his works. [[Leonardo da Crunchy]], famous cookie artist, is shown to have painted ''Self-Portrait'', ''Lady With Cookie'', ''Vitruvian Gingerbread'' Man and the most famous piece of cookie art - the ''[[Muncha Lisa]]''. |
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− | Image:Vitruvianfrog.jpg|Kermit as the Vitruvian Man as a 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 |
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+ | Leo Selfie.jpg|''Self Portrait'' |
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+ | LadyWithCookie.jpg|''Lady with Cookie'' |
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*[http://www.monalisamania.com/ Mona Lisa Mania] |
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Revision as of 19:16, 15 March 2016
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
- Miss Piggy
- Others
The Vitruvian Man
Other references
- "The Last Supper" appears on the wall in the Fiama home in episode 212 of Muppets Tonight.
- When Clifford needs a guest star in the Muppets Tonight episode "The Cameo Show", he says they need to find someone "with the wisdom of Solomon, the vision of da Vinci and the brilliance of Einstein."
- 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."
- The Cookie Thief features various cookie-related spoofs of the artist and his works. Leonardo da Crunchy, famous cookie artist, is shown to have painted Self-Portrait, Lady With Cookie, Vitruvian Gingerbread Man and the most famous piece of cookie art - the Muncha Lisa.
Trivia
- His name was also borrowed for Leonardo, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the eponymous Creature Shop film and its sequel.