rations of Italian painters and sculptors were impressed by his treatment of the human figure: Raphael, Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo's works showed humanity in it's natural state. Michelangelo's sculptures were his goals. Michelangelo was very intelligent for the works that he did. Michelangelo always wanted to finish the works that he worked on before moving on to another. I think that Michelangelo was to good of a person. He educates the people of today as well as the people in his time about the true religious aspects that there is to learn. Michelangelo was a role model for the people of his time as well as for the people of today. Michelangelo's DavidOne of Michelangelo's best known creations is the sculpture David (1501-1504). The 4.34-m (14.2-ft) tall marble statue shows an alert David waiting for his enemy Goliath. It was originally created for the piazza in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, but was later moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia. Last JudgmentMichelangelo's Last Judgment, the large fresco on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, dates from 1536-1541--about 20 years after the famous ceiling frescoes were painted. The painting represents one of the earliest examples of mannerist art. This is an alarming view of Judgment Day, with grotesque and twisted figures. While Christ stands in the center of the fresco meting out justice, the saved rise on the left and the damned descend on the right...
