Many artists of the Renaissance, were heavily influenced by the art and writings of the classical age {400 B.C.-A.D.400} that proceeded this movement. The word Renaissance which means a time of rebirth, artistic intellectual and spiritual revival. Uncovered knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman civilization was causing people to question the rigid religious attitudes of the mid evil world. The time of the Greek and Roman empire had a massive influence on all aspects of the Renaissance, works including sculpture, painting and how the human body was portrayed. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaraoti Simoni {1475-1564} was a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, he is highly regarded, as the most famous and successful Italian renaissance artist
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Form this block of marble Michelangelo created the statue of “David” {1501-1504}, standing at 17 feet tall. {Fig,9} The figure was elongated which is a strong feature of Greek sculpture. David is usually depicted as just having defeated the giant Goliath, but Michelangelo shows a more pensive portrayal as David looks on at the battle, with no heroic aspects, just the typical appreciation for the young male in the contrapposto pose, a largely classical trait. One of the influences Michelangelo displayed was form Donatello’s {1386-1466} bronze statue of David {1440-1443} {Fig,10}, It would have been part of his studies when he lived with the Medici family. The bronze statue was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici, and stood pride of place in the Medici’s Garden. David was a towering achievement both literary and figuratively. It was the work that summed up all he had learnt about up to that point through his studies of Roman and Greek antiquities. David stood for Florence and stood for a civic identity. It was something Michelangelo deeply believed
Form this block of marble Michelangelo created the statue of “David” {1501-1504}, standing at 17 feet tall. {Fig,9} The figure was elongated which is a strong feature of Greek sculpture. David is usually depicted as just having defeated the giant Goliath, but Michelangelo shows a more pensive portrayal as David looks on at the battle, with no heroic aspects, just the typical appreciation for the young male in the contrapposto pose, a largely classical trait. One of the influences Michelangelo displayed was form Donatello’s {1386-1466} bronze statue of David {1440-1443} {Fig,10}, It would have been part of his studies when he lived with the Medici family. The bronze statue was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici, and stood pride of place in the Medici’s Garden. David was a towering achievement both literary and figuratively. It was the work that summed up all he had learnt about up to that point through his studies of Roman and Greek antiquities. David stood for Florence and stood for a civic identity. It was something Michelangelo deeply believed