The accomplishments of Michelangelo and why he is truly one of the greatest artists of all time good attention to detail and argument
Eng. 102
Mark Hodgkins
Spring 1997
pp. 1
Divine Status
Imagine you are in a museum and you notice a sizable crowd around a corner
across the room. In bewilderment, you walk over and begin to make way amidst the
people. As you shuffle closer to the center of attention, you become aware they are
admiring a statue, a very large statue, towering above the thickness of the crowd. Still
unsatisfied and unable to recognize the work of art, you impatiently proceed toward the
front. You finally approach a rope enclosing the base of the sculpture. A colossal figure
of fourteen feet stands before you. It immediately absorbs all of your attention. Your
hands fall from your hips, your jaw drops open, and your head tilts back as your eyes inch
their way to the top.
The background seems to turn black and the crowd fades into the
distance while your full attention is devoted to it, or rather to him. You are overtaken by
curiosity and you want to gently glide your fingers over its fleshy surface to make sure it is
really carved of stone. Indeed it is. It is the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest
artist who ever lived.
He was a sculptor, painter, poet, architect and engineer. His work defined the
High Renassance Era and superceded any work produced during the sixteenth century.
His awesomely painted figures in the Sistine Chapel and many architectural designs and
sculptures influenced many creators for three hundred years following his death.
Michelangelo began creating at a very early age. By the time he was sixteen he
had already produced two relief sculptures. By age twenty-five...
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