Renaissance+and+Reformation+Sculpture


 * =  ||= ==Madonna and Child==

Michelangelo
||= ==David==

Donatello
|| the Madonna, the mother of Jesus, holding a child. Michelangelo was an artist and sculpture. He made many paintings, including the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He created many sculptures, his most famous was his statue of David. These artworks are still looked at and admired today. Many of his sculptures, like the one above, were of the Madonna.Like many other Renaissance artists, Michelangelo focused on making his art realistic. He focused on and studied anatomy. By studying anatomy the body could be depicted better, causing the body to look realistic. || This is a photograph of a sculpture made by Donatello. The title of this artwork is David. It is of the young David with Goliath, the giant's head at his feet. This sculpture stood as a symbol to the Florentine Republic during times of war against strong armies. Donatello was an artist, but he focused mainly on sculpture. Donatello created his art during the Early Italian Renaissance. Italy was the center of the new kind of art. This new kind of art was realistic and many people found it beautiful because they had never seen anything like it before. ||
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 * || This is a photograph of a sculpture created by Michelangelo. The sculpture is of