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    One can see from the many depictions through paintings, sculptures, and architecture that the biblical young David served as an heroic influence and inspiration for many artists. The creation of these masterpieces, although constructed in different moments in time, individually display and bring out great emotional responses from its viewers. When speaking on the statue of David, Michelangelo’s sculpture is world famous and most highly noted. However there is more than one David; one in which was

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    Lisa Tsinis March 1, 2017 Renaissance Art in Europe Michelangelo’s Creation of Eve To the average person, Michelangelo 's Sistine Ceiling is renowned for its grandeur, its dense scenes, but especially its iconic Creation of Adam. After all, Vasari described Michelangelo’s Adam as a “figure whose beauty, pose, and contours are of such a quality that he seems newly created by his Supreme and First Creator rather than by the brush and design of a mere mortal” (Varghese 191-192). And while this is

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    the topics which could be hidden before and appeal to the relatively new type of human being. Renaissance and Baroque were the historical periods which correlated with each other and were both contrasting and cooperative in some of the aspects. Michelangelo Buonarroti was an artist whose influence on further artistic development is undeniable as he showed how Renaissance changed human mind, its advantages, and drawbacks. Contrastingly, Andrea Pozzo was depicted how Renaissance led to the creation

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    Michelangelo Buonarotti Simone Michelangelo was born in Caprese, region of Florence – Italy on March 6, 1475, was born to a family that had for several generations belonged to minor nobility in Florence but had, by the time the artist was born, lost its patrimony and status. His father was an official with a well-off position in the city and his mother died when he was 6 years old. Son of the Florentine arts, this magnificent sculptor, painter and architect, of the Italian Renaissance manifested

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    other hand, Bernini’s statue of David was all about movement in the moment. The similarities between Michelangelo and Bernini is that both depicts the same historical character. Both artists used the same material marble to create the statue David. In addition, even though both artist made the art in two separate times, their goal was to show the strength and confidence of a man.

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    Michelangelo Michelangelo was the first Western artist that was recognized while he was alive ((Michelangelo Buonarroti Biography). He was one of the most talented and inspirational artist in modern history (Michelangelo, his paintings, and sculptures). His focuses were on paintings, sculptures, architecture, and drawings (Michelangelo style and technique). He used the mediums of oil, wood, stone, and other things related to that (Michelangelo style and technique). Figure and Fantasy are the subjects

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    Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are some of the most famous artists from their time to now. The high renaissance was a time period of expression for all the artists but Michelangelo was one of the most famous. Michelangelo, was born in 1475 and began his career at the age of 17 shortly after his mentor died. Michelangelo was mainly considered a sculptor but he also was a poet, architect and painter. One of his better known works is "David" which is a 17 foot sculpture of the hero who killed Goliath

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    masterpieces in history. The creators of these artworks during these decades of the Renaissance include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Raphael Sanzio. Influenced and sometimes driven competitively by each other, these artists share differences and similarities in their life, art style and techniques, and interests. The most evident similarity of Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael is that they created High Renaissance art, a style that could be said to have been created and perfected

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    Michelangelo is a renowned sculptor, painter and architect known for his artwork in the Italian renaissance. He is celebrated mostly for his sculptures including Pieta, and David; and for his Sistine Chapel Frescoes, Genesis, and The Last Judgment. (Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564).) However these are only a few of his many artworks, most of which have been destroyed, but still left a great impact on the Renaissance, and Western civilization. (La Renaissance Italy) Michelangelo Buonarroti

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    these men was Michelangelo Buenarroti. Michelangelo was a world-wide known painter, sculptor, architect, and poet, who was of great Importance and had a great impact on our modern day culture. On March 6th, 1475 Leonardo di Buonarrota and Francesca Neri had their second out of five sons in the small village of Caprese, Italy. They named him Michelangelo di Lodovivo Buonarroti Simoni. But soon after being birthed Michelangelo moved to Florence, Italy with his family. As Michelangelo grew up, his

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