One of the most famous artists in the world, Michelangelo, is my choice for research this week. I'm looking more at his sculptures than at his paintings, although both are BEAUTIFUL! The particular statue I am going to look at today is his sculpture
Moses with
Rachel and
Leah on his sides. Today sculpture is much easier to make than back when Michelangelo was alive. You can make an exact replica of
The David by making a mold and pouring anything you want into the mold that you wish your version to be made out of. The sheer magnitude of this piece is enough to blow someones mind, but then you have to step back and realize that this sculpture was made entirely by hand labor. Michelangelo worked with very basic tools to create these masterpieces, and perfected them with those tools. It makes me wonder why more people don't do this today- I know it is not the easiest thing to do, but I appreciate what Michelangelo has done here because of how much effort he has put into making it appear as though these people were frozen in time. The below sculpture is at the tomb of Julius II.
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