The Continued Impact of Michelangelo

Abstract: (5 pp) The impact of Michelangelo upon the art world, and the world at large has been profound, and continues to be so today. In his own day he was work personified and professionalized. The artist challenged his Patron, even if it was the Pope, the Holy Father on earth. He embodied the spirit of the Renaissance, the rebirth of man as an individual, and thinking Soul, rather than the enduring piece of clay of the previous Middle Ages. He continues to be an icon against which realism, either measures its self, or rebels. His work shines as the physical evidences of the possible heights of man's spirit. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Catagory: Artists, Art Genre, & Famous Works Of Art

Subcatagory: Art & Architecture

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