Renaissance Art The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy,"" according to Art In Focus. ... During the Renaissance, art was a branch of knowledge. ... When Leonardo was in his teens his father took him to Florence, Italy, to study at the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. ... He was born near Florence, Italy, in 1475 AD. ... The Renaissance was period of time when art was very important. ...

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The Renaissance Era and it's Artists The time known as the Renaissance brought about many changes in the art world. ... First, let's define the word Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was a great cultural movement or "rebirth" that began in Italy during the 14th century. It spread from Italy, it's "root", to France, Germany, England and Spain. ... His most famous works range from the David in Florence, to the Pieta in Rome and the Sistine Chapel in Italy. ...

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Michelangelo lived in Florence, which at the time, was the flowering city of the Renaissance. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... Not only did the Renaissance produce artistic talent, but also produced a new breed of thinkers into society. ... Machiavelli was a controversial humanist writer whose realistic views of politics and leadership have set him apart from other Renaissance humanists. ... Michelangelo was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and the most potent force in the Italian Renaissance. ...

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Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet whose artistic accomplishments exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent European art. ... The greatest artist of the human figure was also one of Renaissance Italy's greatest poets. ... Like other Renaissance poets, Michelangelo wrote primarily of love. ... Two generations of Italian painters and sculptors were impressed by his treatment of the human figure: Raphael, Annabale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. ... Interesting Facts: He was a famous ...

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Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: "Michael more than mortal, divine angel."" ... Two generations of Italian painters and sculptors were impressed by his treatment of the human figure: Raphael, Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history...

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Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: "Michael more than mortal, divine angel."" ... In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. ... While Christ stands in the center of the in Florence, Italy, but was later moved to the Galleria fresco meting out justice, the...

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He played a major role in the Renaissance, and help to make great advances through his works. Michelangelo Buonarroti was born March 6, 1475 in the small village of Caprese, Italy. A gifted artist and poet, he helped set the pace of the Renaissance. ... The Largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment day. ... Michelangelo died at the end of the Renaissance era when art was moving into the Baroque era. ...

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Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: "Michael more than mortal, divine angel." ... Two generations of Italian painters and sculptors were impressed by his treatment of the human figure: Raphael, Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leon...

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One of the greatest artists of the Italian renaissance was Michelangelo. ... Michelangelo was born March the 6th, 1475 in Caprice, Italy. ... This statue established him as the greatest sculptor in all of Italy. ...

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He also said that Michelangelo was a renaissance man, as he was a great sculptor, painter and architect that ever lived. ... El Greco did like Michelangelo, after all he was under his wing for a while when he was in Italy. ... 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. ... Michelangelo was born March 6, 1474 during the Late Renaissance in Florence, Italy. ... The High Renaissance, which Michelangelo studied in, was a very creative time; people were obses...

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Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, lived from 1475 to 1564. ... Michelangelo is often referred to as the most famous artist of western civilization, and a supreme Renaissance artist. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ...

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