Art history
Precious akaya
10/11/2015
Early life
The early life and work of Renaissance artist, Renaissance, means rebirth. It was a time that artists expanded their horizons, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Michelangelo played such an enormous part in the evolution of art in the Renaissance. His art inspired people, artists, and it held great religious meanings. Michelangelo is the greatest Renaissance artists that ever lived. He was a master of art, architecture, sculpturing, and painting.
The early life of Michelangelo played a big role in how his art evolved. When Michelangelo’s dad completed his six month term as Podesta ended Michelangelo's family moved from his birth town …show more content…
One of these sculptures is the Battle of the Centaurs. The Battle of the Centaurs is a sculpted piece with the Pool of male soldiers, three dimensionally carved into a stone. The images are layered randomly in a very precise way. This sculpture was a stepping stone for Michelangelo’s career as an artist. It really displayed young Michelangelo's talent and it showed his weird interest in the nude of the human body. He also sculpted other works during his teenage years. These sculptures are what made his teacher realize his unique calling for sculpting (site). When Michelangelo was in Rome, he was hired to sculpt the Roman god of wine, Bacchus. When he completed the sculpture, it was rejected by Cardinal Raffaele Riario, who commissioned the sculpture. …show more content…
Its main characteristic being the depiction of subjects in a realistic manner. A great example would be his sculptures David; the story of David is an Old Testament story in the bible about how David the shepherd boy defeated his enemy. For David, Michelangelo had taken up the signature tune that Donatello and Andrea del Verrocchio had used successfully in their David sculptures The sculpture is so detailed you can see David sizing up the giant, thoughtful and self-assured, by his facial expression he seemed a little hesitant, one would assume he's thinking if he could defeat the great giant. Michelangelo's David was from a political point of view. David stood as a symbol of Florence's supremacy The statue was also an art symbol that impaired teenage kids in Florence to confront the obstacles in their lives. When you look at the sculpture of David you’re looking at a Renaissance masterpiece. Michelangelo started using realism in his sculptures to convey his messages. He did this by introducing the art of science in his work. For instance, Michelangelo actually studied human corpses to gain a better understanding of how the human body works so he could implement that into his work. Michelangelo even exaggerated realism to make his point. It’s impossible to not notice the remarkable knowledge he introduced of the human anatomy and how it works. If you look at David’s large and overdeveloped right hand, this is symbolic of the
Precious akaya
10/11/2015
Early life
The early life and work of Renaissance artist, Renaissance, means rebirth. It was a time that artists expanded their horizons, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Michelangelo played such an enormous part in the evolution of art in the Renaissance. His art inspired people, artists, and it held great religious meanings. Michelangelo is the greatest Renaissance artists that ever lived. He was a master of art, architecture, sculpturing, and painting.
The early life of Michelangelo played a big role in how his art evolved. When Michelangelo’s dad completed his six month term as Podesta ended Michelangelo's family moved from his birth town …show more content…
One of these sculptures is the Battle of the Centaurs. The Battle of the Centaurs is a sculpted piece with the Pool of male soldiers, three dimensionally carved into a stone. The images are layered randomly in a very precise way. This sculpture was a stepping stone for Michelangelo’s career as an artist. It really displayed young Michelangelo's talent and it showed his weird interest in the nude of the human body. He also sculpted other works during his teenage years. These sculptures are what made his teacher realize his unique calling for sculpting (site). When Michelangelo was in Rome, he was hired to sculpt the Roman god of wine, Bacchus. When he completed the sculpture, it was rejected by Cardinal Raffaele Riario, who commissioned the sculpture. …show more content…
Its main characteristic being the depiction of subjects in a realistic manner. A great example would be his sculptures David; the story of David is an Old Testament story in the bible about how David the shepherd boy defeated his enemy. For David, Michelangelo had taken up the signature tune that Donatello and Andrea del Verrocchio had used successfully in their David sculptures The sculpture is so detailed you can see David sizing up the giant, thoughtful and self-assured, by his facial expression he seemed a little hesitant, one would assume he's thinking if he could defeat the great giant. Michelangelo's David was from a political point of view. David stood as a symbol of Florence's supremacy The statue was also an art symbol that impaired teenage kids in Florence to confront the obstacles in their lives. When you look at the sculpture of David you’re looking at a Renaissance masterpiece. Michelangelo started using realism in his sculptures to convey his messages. He did this by introducing the art of science in his work. For instance, Michelangelo actually studied human corpses to gain a better understanding of how the human body works so he could implement that into his work. Michelangelo even exaggerated realism to make his point. It’s impossible to not notice the remarkable knowledge he introduced of the human anatomy and how it works. If you look at David’s large and overdeveloped right hand, this is symbolic of the