Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni?

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A discussion of the artist Michelangelo. The author provides a brief overview of his life, a discussion of his major works, his contributions to society and his influence on the Renaissance.

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"The word Renaissance, used for the first time by Vasari in his book "Vite" to refer to the historic period between the late 14th century and the second half of the16th century, was meant to indicate the new birth, the re-birth of art. Fundamentally, from the philosophical point of view, the Renaissance also meant naturalism, in other words, the study of man and the universe without the use of metaphysics. It was thereby obvious that in Renaissance man became the center and measure of all things, a chosen creator who echoes the deep harmony between the microcosm and the macrocosm. For Italian artists who studied the ancient statues, they were therefore aiming at achieving a similar rendition of physical reality by using rediscovered techniques. For example, Renaissance sculptors would make use of perspective, nudes and equestrian statues as subject. The revival of interest in the Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, seen from a free and lay point of view, made it possible to uphold man and his possibilities of free thought and action in the period of Renaissance. Through artistic rebirth, the re-appreciation of man led to the culmination of several of the greatest artworks in the history of human being."

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