User talk:CarolineFrankDuke

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The Wikipedia article I have chosen to edit and add to is that of Francesco Melzi. This article is very underdeveloped with only a couple short paragraphs, bad grammar / sentence structure, three references, and one photograph of a painting by Melzi. I plan to add a lot to this article. I will start by first creating a well-rounded introductory paragraph, and then will make a table of contents for the body of the article. This will be organized into different categories such as "early and family life," "apprenticeship," "career," "major accomplishments," etcetera. Some important additions I will make are information about Melzi's relationship, apprenticeship, and work with Leonardo da Vinci, his place in Italian Renaissance History as a Lombardian and Leonardesque artist/painter, and his personal works of art (I will also add media files of some of his paintings). I will also add more detailed context for Melzi's life, giving more information about Milan during the time he was born, the different important artists at the time, where he traveled (to France with da Vinci, for example), etc.

This is a user sandbox of CarolineFrankDuke. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article. Get Help This article is very underdeveloped and needs some attention. Because Melzi was a relatively prominent pupil of Leonardo da Vinci's and an accomplished painter, more information on him should be readily accessible to the public. With the sources listed below, I will do my best to edit and add to this article to make it a substantial source of accurate information on Melzi. I will add information on his early and family life, for example, and also about his relationship, apprenticeship, and career with Leonardo da Vinci. I will also add information and media files of more of his works / paintings.

Works Cited

Bora, Giulio, and David Alan. Brown. The Legacy of Leonardo: Painters in Lombardy, 1490-1530. Milan: Skira, 1999. Print

Fiorani, Francesca. “The Colors of Leonardo’s Shadows.” Leonardo, vol. 41, no. 3, 2008, pp. 271-218.

Richardson, E.P. “An Ideal Portrait by Francesco Melzi.” Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 29, no.4, 1949, pp. 80-81.

Woods, Kim W. Making Renaissance Art (Renaissance Art Reconsidered). Vol. 1. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007. Print.

Wilcox, Marrion. “Francesco Melzi, Disciple of Leonardo.” Art & Life, vol. 11, no. 6, 1919, pp. 294–299

“MELZI, Francesco.” Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web.

General Outline:

Life (general overview) Childhood / Family Milanese Court Education and early training Arts education Career Working with Leonardo da Vinci Training in da Vinci's workshop Apprenticeship France Painting Overview of works paintings, miniatures, drawings, etc. Style and Techniques Lombardy / Lombardesque Leonardesque Major works and contributions Reputation As a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci why is he so unknown?

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