Michelangelo

The renaissance was a time of rebirth. It was not only a rebirth for economically, socially, and scientifically, but also for wrists. Michelangelo was one of the great artists that captured the Renaissance through art. He captured the Renaissance in an art piece named Ancestors of Christ: figures (detail). This picture is a picture of a child that represents peacefulness and humanism. The painting was done in 1511 in Cappella, Vatican. The painting is assumed to …

…not just something Michelangelo doodled in his spare time. It shows in the shading texture, and color of the painting. It depicts humanism and explains it in more than words. It shows us what humanism is. The Renaissance was a rebirth for all professions at that time, not only artists. This artistic piece brings the definition to a picture is worth a thousand words. Michelangelo was an extremely talented artist that is still recognized today.