A World of Art

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In this article, the writer points out that in the world of art, especially the visual arts, the artist presents the audience with a specific view of his or her personal world. The writer notes that the artist therefore tends to explain and delineate the world according to his or her own reactions to and perceptions not only of the landscape, but also of the social world and time period in which he finds himself. The writer relates that this is true of every period in art, and perhaps most notably in the Renaissance period. The writer concludes that each artist discussed operates not only from his own perspective upon the world, but also in reaction to the social and artistic changes in the world around him. The writer maintains that in this way, the Renaissance was a period of an artistic dynamic that has influenced the world not only during its time, but for centuries after its end.

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"Another iconic artist of this age was Michelangelo. Like Da Vinci, Michelangelo was also multitalented, although he concentrates his work in the arts and construction rather than the sciences. As sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Michelangelo was also one of the founders of the High Renaissance, influencing almost all his contemporaries and successors in the various art forms in which he excelled. Michelangelo established his early reputation with the Pieta for St. Peter's during 1498-9. After this harmonious masterpiece, the artist received the commission to complete David, another masterpiece. After further making his name as a spectacularly talented artist, Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a project he began in 1508 and completed by 1512. As his name, Michelangelo's use of the nude exerted an intense influence upon the new values and artistic styles of this period. The nude was used as an expression of human emotion and idealization of form."

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