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    Known as one of the greatest artist of all time that came out of the Renaissance, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese Italy. Michelangelo’s father worked for the Florentine government and when Michelangelo was only a few weeks old he moved his family back to Florence Italy and this would become the place where Michelangelo would fall in love and learn about art. As Michelangelo grew he became more interested with art and became fascinated with the painters

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    Michelangelo and Raphael had a grudge against ones artistic ability. Michelangelo believed that it was due to Raphael’s sneak peek at the sixteenth chapel before the art work was complete that inspired and taught Raphael’s massive formats of art. Michelangelo believed that he basically sculpted Raphael’s artistic views and format. But whoever you pick on the Michelangelo vs Raphael debate it is overall simplistic too argue that their lives were not that much of a difference, Both

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    Michelangelo was one of the leading figures in the Italian Renaissance movement. His art would later be the influence for western development of art. Michelangelo’s works of art were in line with the Renaissance era due to his Christian themes, realism, and humanism. His paintings and sculptures portrayed extremely realistic figures that were uncommon before the Renascence era. Other than being a sculptor and painter, Michelangelo was also a talented architect and poet. Some of his most famous works

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    work. One artist particularly that portrayed Catholicism in his work was Michelangelo. Michelangelo was one of the three most successful sculptors during the renaissance, along with Donatello and Ghilberti. Michelangelo was one of the best artists during the Italian Renaissance, creating some of the most famous pieces to be known to art to this day. Michelangelo was born March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy (“Michelangelo Buonarroti”). Michelangelo’s family lived in a higher rank than most people

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    film The Agony and the Ecstasy, 1965, is the epic portrayal of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II based on the historical novel of the same name, by Irving Stone, published in 1961. Their working relationship is documented as the struggle between two powerful and egocentric men. While one is the leader of the Christian world, the other means to change the world through his art. The paradox is that the Pope jealously believes Michelangelo to be the man that can capture the nature of God more successfully

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    Jordyn Brown Mrs. Rezza World History/ Pd.3 6 December 2017 Renaissance Men Throughout time, many men and women have made legendary contributions for mankind today. Two of those people are Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Da Vinci and Michelangelo given society many new styles of education. They both specialized in science, mathematics, and modern art. They each lived completely different lifestyles yet they have impacted many others. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. He perfected

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    Michelangelo merisi da Caravaggio, also known as Caravaggio was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. He had an unparalleled influence on the renaissance. A master of both painting and sculpting, he was also an architect, engineer and poet. His abilities as a painter and sculptor were unsurpassed in his days, as his artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo had exceptional artistic skills, as he expressed his personality

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    families back then wanted Michelangelo to paint for them, and many churches too. He liked being wanted as a painter. The paintings he did were beautiful and amazing to the people that looked at them. Michelangelo was influenced by two men in his life time. He was influenced by Domenico Ghirlandaio who was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called "third generation" of the Florentine Renaissance. He was a great influence to Michelangelo. He was born on January

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    Every painting is a unique experience for each individual person, therefore two of the artists that offered some of the most unique experiences where Leonardo da vinci and Michelangelo. While both of these painters are today well regarded and remembered, during their time they both had achieved such status in vastly different ways. Therefore even though these two artists lived during the same time these two are nothing alike. With their unique take on the world and events around them they were able

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    The central idea of individualism is to focus on the importance of the individual, and Michelangelo exemplifies this by making only one statue from an intense scene. David is shown in his moment right before he fights Goliath, and without the rest of the army he’s with or even the man he is fighting. David is the singular focus, showing that

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