In 1452 AD, a genius named Leonardo da Vinci was born in a small town called Vinci. He was the illegitimate son of a local lawyer. When he was small he loved to draw pictures of plants, insects, flowers, animals, and birds. When Leonardo was in his teens his father took him to Florence, Italy, to study at the workshop of Andre

Another great artist of this time was Michelangelo Buonarroti. He was born near Florence, Italy, in 1475 AD. When he was thirteen, he learned a lot about art while walking through the streets on his way to school. He recorded mentally images he saw in ever day life. His teacher was Domencio Ghirlandio, a very famous artist. Ghirlandio taught Michelangelo many things, but none more important than the art of fresco. Fresco is painting on wet plaster, so that when the plaster dries, the paint is part of the wall. It is very useful because the paint will not flake off and will last for a very long time. Michelangelo used this technique while painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Although Michelangelo was a good and prolific painter, he enjoyed sculpting the most. One of his most famous statues is the Pietà. Every one loved it and found it hard to belive that such a young artist sculpted it at the age of twenty-four. He sculpted it out of a large block of marble. Another of his paintings was The Crucifixion of St. Pete

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Verrocchio Leonardo, Dark Ages, Domencio Ghirlandio, Florence Italy, Michelangelo Leonardo, Chapel Michelangelo, St Peter, Art Renaissance, Middle Ages, Michelangelo Buonarroti, florence italy, middle ages, human head, renaissance art,