Each person has his or her own personal outlook on what it means to be a Renaissance man. Undeniably, each individual that contributed to this cultural rebirth was a person of many great talents or areas of knowledge. Michelangelo Buonarroti was a prime example of what it meant to be a Renaissance man. He was a sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer. The works of this High Renaissance master are some of the most heroic in Renaissance art. This paper will explore Michelangelo’s influence on the Renaissance Arts and why his work helped shape the world of art so drastically.
Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy to Leonardo Buonarroti and Francesca Neri. His father was the judicial administrator in there small town
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This was only the start for Michalangelo. Due to his advanced talent, he was given the opportunity to move into the palace of Lorenzo de’ Medici of the powerful Medici family from 1489 to 1492. The Medici family changed his life. They clothed him in fine velvet clothes, gave him generous wage, and allowed him access to the most respected sculptors, poets, and scholars of the time. He was also given the opportunity to study anatomy by spending time thoroughly observing corpses. This was a very important aspect of his life and his vast knowledge in anatomy allowed him to physically perfect his human artwork later on. All these privilege’s laid the path for his very unique style of …show more content…
David goes to battle against Goliath and defeated him with the help of God and his slingshot. In his sculpture, Michelangelo decided to focus the sculpture on the moment right before the battle with Goliath, where David was tensed up and ready to fight. He was keen on detail mainly in David’s face. His creased brows shows focus. His mouth is set in a firm line. His eyes are darted to his left, as if watching the enemy. Michelangelo had created a sculpturing technique of drilling out his pupil to create an intensity in his gaze to make it that much more realistic. The gesture of David’s face and his eyes radiates power at the moment in which he has spotted his enemy. Structurally his body weight is was clearly on the right leg. Most of David’s body was relaxed but just about to tense up which is shown through the swelling veins and taut muscles. The detail of this sculpture makes it one of the most riveting and realistic sculptures to this