The 1500's were during the renaissance. One of the well known artist of the 1500's was Michelangelo, a sculptor. Michelangelo arrived in rome when he was 21 in the year of 1496. In 1499 he sculpted his most one of his most famous art pieces the "Pieta" which was a sculpture of jesus' body after the crucifixion on his mother, Mary's lap.
Michelangelo returned to Florence, The Republic was changing after the fall of the anti-renaissance. 1504 he has made another art piece, "The Statue of David" which resembles Florentine freedom. This project was started 40 years before, Michelangelo was asked to finish it.
No comments:
Post a Comment