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Michelangelo
Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) was an Italian artist, architect and poet, who is considered one of the greatest and most influential of all Renaissance figures. His most celebrated works, from a breathtaking portfolio of masterpieces, include...
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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling
In 1508 CE the Pope commissioned the celebrated Florentine sculptor and painter Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) to paint scenes on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. The walls of the chapel had already received decoration from some...
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Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra
A c. 1545 CE portrait of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) by Daniele da Volterra. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Michelangelo's David
The marble statue of the biblical figure King David by Michelangelo, 1501-1504 CE. The figure is much larger than life size, around 5.20 metres (17 feet) tall. (Academia Gallery, Florence)
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Copies & Fakes in Art during the Renaissance
The Renaissance period witnessed a great renewed interest in the art of antiquity. There was an appreciation of the technical skill required to produce such objects as a Roman marble figure of Venus and an admiration for the form and beauty...
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David by Michelangelo
A detail of the David statue by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1501-1504 CE. David was the second king in the ancient United Kingdom of Israel during the 10th century BCE. (Academia Gallery, Florence)
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Bust of Michelangelo
A portrait bust of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). The portrait is the work of Daniele da Volterra (1509-1566 CE), created c. 1564 CE. (Bargello, Florence)
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Raphael
Raphael (1483-1520) was an Italian painter and architect who is regarded as one of the greatest of Renaissance artists alongside Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Raphael's works are celebrated for their harmonious...
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Moses by Michelangelo
A statue of Moses by Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). The figure, measuring 2.35 metres (7 ft. 9 inch) in height, was completed around 1520 CE. (San Pietro in Vincoli church, Rome)
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The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
The Creation of Adam, a panel of the painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). Made 1508-12 CE.
