Please help me: analyze Leonardo da Vinci’s work

This is a famous painting that everyone is very familiar with. The author is Leonardo da Vinci. This painting depicts the wife of a fur merchant in Florence. She was only twenty-four years old when the artist painted her. This woman had just lost her beloved daughter and was often sad and depressed. When painting her portrait, the painter came up with various ways to make her smile: asking musicians to play music and sing for her, or telling jokes, so that the cheerful atmosphere would help her smile. Although the smile of Mona Lisa in the painting is weak, you can see the happiness in her eyebrows, and a smile seems to have just passed over her face. The slightly raised corners of her mouth and stretched smile muscles can give people a slight sense of the woman's mood at the moment she was painted. But her serene demeanor shows that her smile is calm and does not cause emotional fluctuations. This is an expression of the reserved beauty of ancient women. Because Mona Lisa's smile looks so charming, many art historians call it the "mysterious smile"

In an era controlled by Christian asceticism, women's behavior was subject to many restrictions. Yes, they cannot express their joy and pain wantonly, otherwise it will be "blasphemy" to God. In general, upper-class women are not allowed to cry and laugh wantonly. Therefore, medieval portraits were generally painted dull and stiff, with expressionless faces. Under the influence of humanistic ideas, Leonardo da Vinci began to work hard to express human emotions. In order to draw a true image of the Mona Lisa, he also conducted research on anatomy and physiology to explore the face hidden under the skin. The smiling state of the muscles of the body is used to study the psychological changes and reaction processes of people when they are relaxed and happy. For this reason, he forgot to eat and sleep. Sometimes, the ripples on the lake caused by the breeze would attract his attention and inspire him to modify his paintings. Secondly, in terms of composition, Leonardo da Vinci changed the habit of using the side bust or the chest in portraits in the past, and replaced it with a frontal bust composition, with the perspective point rising slightly, giving the composition a pyramid shape. In this way, the "Mona Lisa" appears more dignified and stable.

There are also the hands of the "Mona Lisa". These soft hands are painted so precisely, plumply and completely in line with the anatomy. It shows her character, her tenderness, It also shows her identity and class status. From these hands, we can see the painter's superb painting skills and his keen observation of nature. "Mona Lisa" does not have gorgeous costumes, and there is no decoration on a dark brown veil; the natural pleats of the clothing pattern are carefully painted. He used a mix of glue colors to express the texture of soft satin. The exposed breasts cannot reveal the health, luxury and youthful beauty of this woman. In the processing of the background, Leonardo da Vinci used the "air perspective method". The cliffs, paths, stone bridges, bushes and gurgling water in the back are all pushed into the distant depths, as if all of them are shrouded. In the mist, in order to strengthen the image status of the "Mona Lisa". It took him four years to paint such a small portrait, which shows that Leonardo da Vinci did not just paint a portrait of a noble lady, but also pursued something in art.

The artistic value of "Mona Lisa" cannot only be considered from the vivid and lifelike portrait quilt. More importantly, Leonardo da Vinci reflected his advanced art in this painting. Thought, that is, the attitude of observing nature in a scientific spirit. Leonardo da Vinci advocated harmony with nature in art. However, in theological thought, human beings are regarded as the embodiment of sin. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is completely contrary to the religious worldview. It is an ode to praise nature. His portraits are a solid affirmation of the meaning of life and its beauty.