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Leonardo DiVinci compared to Michelangelo

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Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

I . Introduction

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti were two renowned personalities during the Renaissance period . These two have showed excellent jobs in the field of art . Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter , sculptor , and engineer . Da Vinci had one of the most alert and creative minds of all time . He not only mastered art but also did ingenious work in anatomy , botany , geology , hydraulics , and mechanics On the other hand , Michelangelo was a Florentine sculptor , architect

and poet . He was one of the greatest masters of the Italian High Renaissance . Although he thought of himself as a sculptor primarily Michelangelo produced paintings and buildings that are among the most treasured in the Western world . In painting and sculpture , he created a style that laid the foundation for the Mannerist and Baroque periods His reflective , emotional sonnets made one of the outstanding lyrics poets of the 16th century . He great versatility , and the grandeur and vastness of his works , led Michelangelo 's contemporaries to regard him as a genius

Thesis Statement : This scrutinizes the lives of the two respected personalities in the world of art which are Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo thus , comparing their works and contributions during the Renaissance period

II . Background

A . Early Life

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo was born in the hillside village of Vinci , near Florence . He was the illegitimate son of a prosperous Florentine lawyer and an Italian peasant girl . Leonardo spent his early boyhood with his father 's parents in Vinci . In his free time , he roamed the hills and valleys sketching

When Leonardo was about 16 , his father took him to Florence and apprenticed him to Verrocchio to learn painting . He was a popular student , who sang well and devised his own musical instruments . To many drawings , he added detailed notes , such as s of clothing and mannerisms . He wrote left-handed in mirror writings , in which letters are made backward

By 1472 , Leonardo joined the painters ' guild in Florence . About 1481 he moved to Milan . The duke of Milan employed him as court painter sculptor , stage designer , and engineer . No sculptor by Leonardo remains There are , however , powerful silverpoint sketches for a large statue of the duke 's warrior father riding a horse . While at court , Leonardo began his Treatise on Painting , which included instructions for chiaroscuro the subtle effects of light and shade , in which he excelled

After leaving the duke in 1500 , Leonardo worked at different times in Florence , Venice , Milan , and Rome . In 1516 , he joined the court of Francis I of France at Amboise , where he spent his last years . He was never married

Michelangelo Buonarroti

On the other hand , Michelangelo was born in Caprese , near Arezzo , in Florentine territory . Overcoming his father 's objections , he was apprenticed to the Florentine painter Ghirlandajo at the age of 13 . He soon turned to sculpture , studying the classical works in the collection of Lorenzo de ' Medici . Michelangelo went to...

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