Leo Essays - Renaissance Painters, Andrea Del Verrocchio

Leo Leonardo's began when his father moved to Florence as the procurator of the Convent of St. Martire in 1469. There, Leonardo worked in the legendary ?workshop? of Andrea del Verrocchio. He worked together with Perugino, Botticelli, Ghirlandalo, and Lorenzo di Credi. Leonardo worked with other people on the painting Baptism of Christ. He regestered in the Guild of Florentine Painters and becomes the Guild's debtor in 1472. A year later, he paints a Wide View Over A Plain with a view of the Montalbano towards Valdarno and Valdinievole. It is the first reliable point of reference in the cronological index of Leonardo's works. He was charged with homosexuality in 1476 and was released on probation. He continues to work in Verrocchio's workshop. Lwonardo creates the first folios of the Condex Atlanticus two years later.In 1480 Leonardo went to work for Lorenzo Magnifico in the garden of S. Marco.

Francis Ford Copplas

Among the many of Francis Ford Copplas achievements in The Godfather, is the way he characterized the individuals in the movie. Each had an aspect about him or her that was special and memorable. He accomplished this in many ways including but not limited to: camera shots, how the characters dressed, how they talked, and what they did. The following is three example of how he characterized and depicted the roles in the movie. Though one may not realize it at first or maybe even the second time they watch the movie, but the most taboo and different character is Kay Adams Corleone. We first meet her at the wedding of Connie, Michaels sister, and Carlo Rizzi. She is fair skinned with honey-blonde hair as opposed to the other darker, olive-skinned Italian guests. Immediately, this sets her apart from the others as an innocent, a ray of sunshine in the middle of chaos. She is dressed in a bright cheery red summer dress with a wide-brimmed hat, looking much like a Sunday schoo! l teacher would. Her voice is very soft; almost kitten like, in contrast, for example, of Connies loud and brash voice. Coppla uses these things to distinguish her from the members of the family. Another scene in which we see her set apart from the rest is when she comes to the Corleone house after Michael has killed Sollozzo and McCluskey. Tom Hagan rushes out to her and kind of turns her away from the house, as if he is shielding her from whatever may be inside. Only when she directly asks to use the phone to call a cab, does he relent and reluctantly allow her entrance. There are many other instances when we see her innocence and naivet; when she accepts Michaels negative answer to Connies accusations of murder, when she thinks that politicians would never do anything immoral, and even when she accepts Michaels marriage proposal. I never though you were a bad consigliore, Tom. I thought S...