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    One of the most famous painter and sculptors of the Italian Renaissance, the age of renewal and cultural achievement circa 1500, was the artistic genius Michelangelo Buonarroti. The man that desired nothing but perfection often reached it in his work. He captured the motion of the human figure and the anatomy of muscles in a way that was increasingly beautiful and startlingly realistic. Whether because of one of the most famous sculptures in history, “the David” or the paintings on the ceiling of

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    centuries art. Giotto's work inspired artists by the likes of Leonardo de Vinci, and Michelangelo. Leonardo Da Vinci came to Rome in 1513, he was sixty-one.(2) Leonardo was a skilled artist, that painted many wonderful pictures that are known

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    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni better known as Michelangelo is one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the Italian Renaissance or that every lived for that matter, some of his works include his sculpture of David, ceiling paintings of the Sistine chapel, and also the Pieta. Michelangelo was born in Caprese, Italy in 1475 to Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri. During the time of his birth Michelangelo’s father was a magistrate in the town of Caprese but moved his family

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    Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the most eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects had biographies on many well known artists of the Renaissance. Three of the artist he comments on are Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Da Urbino, and Michelangelo Buonarroti. While he admired all 3 artists he had an overwhelming favorite, Leonardo da Vinci. Vasari loved Leonardo da Vinci. He commented time and time again on how amazing Leonardo da Vinci was and how talented and wonderful of a man he was. This can be seen in our

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    Michelangelo, Roman by birth, is one of the most profound artists of the High Renaissance. During 1508 to 1510, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni started on his magnificent frescos on a ceiling known as the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Ceiling is a 45x128ft fresco on a barrel vaulted ceiling filled with separate compositions depicting scenes inspired by the Bible, plus numerous decorative figures and animals. The central, uppermost part of the ceiling is the most important and is divided

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    Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti were, and still are considered to be two of the greatest minds, even geniuses of the Renaissance. But which one is more of a genius than the other? Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452, son to a notary called Ser Piero. Ser Pier has sex with a woman called Catarina, which resulted in her pregnancy. For a believed reason that Catarina was the Daughter of a farmer, they never got married. Ser Pier later married another woman, when he was 25, which

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    Renaissance is a time period that starts a transitional cultural movement in Europe between medieval times and modern times. It means rebirth and begins in 14th century and lasts into the 17th century. Through out this time, many aspects were influenced by this cultural movement, such as art, music, science, religion and politics. Renaissance was marked by the humanistic revival, and people in Europe used this method in study, in order to searched for realism and human themselves in art. There are

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    It demonstrates an understanding of anatomy and science to create the illusion of depth and space on a flat surface coupled with and artistic ability. Given the opportunity, I would like to meet Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. The quintessential renaissance man, Michelangelo is renowned as a painter, sculptor and architect as well as for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome and his famous sculpture of the Biblical character, David among others. He was immersed in art from an early age

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    The Sistine Chapel and the Creation of Adam Michelangelo(1475-1564) The sistine Chapel and mainly the Creation of Adam fresco are treasures to the world of art, Michelangelo the creator brought his discipline of sculpting into painting the frescoes and the human silhouette. The story of the Sistine Chapel starts with the building itself, built in 1473 under the supervision of Giovannino de Dolci. It is located in Vatican, Which is almost like the capital for catholicism. Vatican

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    MICHELANGELO and Religion

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    Michelangelo showing his religion Michelangelo painted frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and made a sculptor of David. Both the painting and the sculptor point to the great deal knowledge Michelangelo has of the Bible. On the Sistine Chapel's ceiling he painted scenes from the book of Genesis, and David the person comes from the first Book of Samuel. Michelangelo has background with the Christian Church and did many sculptures and painting for the church. The religious influence of

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