Michelangelo Essays

Michelangelo di Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti Simoni can be rightly called one the most prominent artists of the Renaissance. This Italian master is mostly famous as the painter, sculptor, architect as well as the founder of the High Renaissance style. As a person of manifold gifts, he was also …

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. Born to a family of moderate means in the banking business, Michelangelo became an apprentice to a painter before studying in the sculpture gardens of the powerful Medici family. What followed was a remarkable career as an artist in the …

Bacchus is a marble sculpture approximately 72 ½ inches in height made in around 1497 by one of the High Renaissance masters, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. The sculpture itself shows two figures, a god and a faun or panisc: a half-man, half-goat figure in Greek culture. It is one …

When thinking about a triumph over an unimaginable feat, the story of David and Goliath comes to mind. During the Italian Renaissance, Florence was under constant change and turmoil however David remained a consistent symbol of endless possibilities for the people. “For the Florentines, David represented the essence of civic …

Michelangelo is largely acknowledged for being one of the greatest artist who ever lived. He was a master of many crafts such as sculpting, painting, architecture and engineering. He is widely known for his masterpiece that is The Sistine Ceiling. The ceiling is painted with decorative figures from particular Biblical …

Two people can see the same event and then when they speak on it or create a picture their minds somehow come up with different point of views. I am going to talk to you about the works of both da Vinci and Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci was born in …