Lorenzo Da Ponte

When I first saw Veronese’s Feast in the House of Levi, I thought someone painted to accommodate a special occasion or a banquet for a wealthy family. The subject been a representation of friendship, happiness and love from one another. It caught my attention how the people were gathered in all different locations and it wasn’t a focal point, just like in the other paintings we have seen. The style was rebellious and daring, that’s the reason why I find it fascinating and special. After the…

Leonardo Da Vinci Leadership & Legacy By: Noelle Haynes Leonardo Da Vinci was known for many of his paintings such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. He was also a great inventor who created one of the very first prototypes of a model airplane. At a young age, he began his studies to become the great innovator and inventor there was. In a way, he carried a leader like position in the Renaissance. He left a legacy of paintings and his innovations and inventions Leonardo was known as the leader of…

Art critique - Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper Last Supper, the creation of Leonardo Da Vinci’s one of the most famous masterpiece in his life work. This piece is especially recognized as an unprecedented and fascinating ingenious layout of excellence. Realistic detail and strict decent relationship compared with many other paintings. The characters in the composition are filled with fear, anger, doubt, gestures, eye contact and behaviors. These vivid characterizations give the…

Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, is known as one of the most prominent explorers in the history of navigation. Da Gama was employed by the king of Portugal to find a trade route to India. The successes from his explorations and discoveries had a significantly positive impact on his home country. However they had quite the opposite on the countries which he came across on his journey. The explorer Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal in about the year 1460. Da Gama always had great…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Michaelangelo for short, was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, the republic of Florence, Italy. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti, served as a Florentine government agent for a short amount of time. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was even one month old. Michelangelo's mother died when he was six. When he was 13, he was an apprentice for Domenico Ghirlandaio who was the most fashionable painter in Florence at the time. Domenico…

Michelangelo, the Master of Renaissance First of all, Michelangelo Buonarotti is one of the highest performers of the Renaissance. He is looked at as an equivalent to Leonardo da Vinci and Rafael. He was a correct Renaissance man; a poet, a performer, a sculptor and a designer. Michelangelo was negative in his poetry and an idealist in his artwork. Michelangelo’s artwork contained paintings and sculptures that displayed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo was positive in…

Giorgio Moroder is a famous musician who produces electronic dance music. He was born in Ortisei, Italy, on April 26th 1940. He has been one of my most influential producers ever since I heard him on Daft Punk’s album, Random Access Memories. He tells us a story of what life was like for him when he first started making music and how he worked hard to make it where he is now. The story he told was just a summary of all that he has done. In order to understand how influential Giorgio was, one…

Leoardo Da Vinci was a painter, architect, inventor, and a scientific student. Studies shows that he was called the “Rennaissance Man”. He was born near the Tuscan town in Vinci in Anchiano, Italy on April 15, 1452. Da Vinci was also the son of a local lawyer. He died May 2, 1519 due to a unexpectewd stroke. Leonardo Da Vinci grew up with 12 siblings, 10 brothers and two sisters. Leonardo Da Vinci was “apprenticed” to the sculptor and painter, Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. In 1478 he…

“Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps most noted as an artist, was also an architect, inventor and chronicler of science, among other outlets for his talents” (Zimmermann, p. 1). Da Vinci is one of the greatest minds to have ever walked the earth. He was gifted in many fields and was constantly learning and exploring new ideas. His ever-evolving thoughts were able to drive many brilliant masterpieces, such as his painting, The Last Supper. His thought and effort behind this work enable it to be remembered…

Leonardo da vinci was born on April 15,1452 in Vinci,Italy. At the age of 5 leonard da vinci moved in with his dad and stepmothers. He study art under Andrea del Verrocchio. Leonardo da Vinci ‘s most famous art piece of is the Mona lisa which was made in 1503 and 1504 and famous piece of art he made is The Last Supper he made this in between 1495 and 1498, My opinion on Leonardo da Vinci’s is that he is a wonderful artist and he not only used Oil paints for his art he used science and…