... expression is one of resignation. In this work, Michelangelo summarizes the sculptural innovations of his 15th-century predecessors such as Donatello, while ushering in the new monumentality of the High Renaissance style of the 16th century. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi. I did not see Strazzi as complementing him. Michelangelo responds in a pessimistic tone to what should ... directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renais...

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... expression is one of resignation. In this work, Michelangelo summarizes the sculptural innovations of his 15th-century predecessors such as Donatello, while ushering in the new monumentality of the High Renaissance style of the 16th century. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi. I did not see Strazzi as complementing him. Michelangelo responds in a pessimistic tone to what should ... directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renais...

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... expression is one of resignation. In this work, Michelangelo summarizes the sculptural innovations of his 15th-century predecessors such as Donatello, while ushering in the new monumentality of the High Renaissance style of the 16th century. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi. I did not see Strazzi as complementing him. Michelangelo responds in a pessimistic tone to what should ... directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renais...

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... expression is one of resignation. In this work, Michelangelo summarizes the sculptural innovations of his 15th-century predecessors such as Donatello, while ushering in the new monumentality of the High Renaissance style of the 16th century. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi. I did not see Strazzi as complementing him. Michelangelo responds in a pessimistic tone to what should ... directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renais...

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... course his objections came from the fact that he was from a different artistic background because for El Greco nudity was inconceivable. Michelangelo's artistic background was from the humanism of the Italian Renaissance while El Greco's style of art came from the Byzantine and Venetian background that he had. El Greco's profane objections to Michelangelo's painting are spiritual and philosophical. This is ... their intimate areas. Also knowing that these are important martyrs and saints being depicted. He would be more ethical in his painting. Michelangelo was born March 6, 1474 during...

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Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, lived from 1475 to 1564. Michelangelo was a member of a well-known Florentine family, born near a small city ... . Michelangelo's paintings and sculptures showed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo is often referred to as the most famous artist of western civilization, and a supreme Renaissance artist. Michelangelo contributed many of his statues to great kings and queens of his time. Michelangelo's true love began in sculpture. Michelangelo's sculptures define a sensitivity ... piece ever created in Western Art. The paint...

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... natural state. He is remembered today as the man who had sculpted the "David" and the "Pieta", which are two of the most stunning sculptures to come out of the Renaissance period. Although sculpting was the love of his life, his paintings of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and "The Last Judgement" are considered by many his best masterpieces. Michelangelo ... felt during this time in his life. "The Last Judgment" however is a beautiful painting by the master artist, Michelangelo. This painting along with many others, allows a greater understanding of the Renaissance era as well as an...

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