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Michelangelo was one of the most famous artist during the renaissance. One of Michelangelo's most famous artwork was the Pietá. The Statue was intended for the French cardinal Jean de Billheres in the St. Peter's Basilica. The Pietá was supposed to be one of the greatest marble sculptures in all of Rome. The sculpture is of Mary mourning over his son, Jesus after he has been brutally crucified. The art of the renaissance was focused on humanism and one part of humanism is pain. The sculpture of Jesus after his death is a great and popular example of pain and humanism. This is Michelangelo's most memorable artwork because it was the only one of his creations that he ever signed. He put his signature on the sash of Mary's chest as shown on the photo in the bottom left.

 Jan Van Eyck was a very important artist during the Renaissance. Jan Van Eyck was very important because he started the trend of using the oil-glazing technique. The oil-glazing technique was very popular in the Renaissance and replaced the egg tempera technique. One of Jan Van Eyck's most famous works was the Arnolfini Wedding, which was painted with the popular oil-glazing technique. In addition the Arnolfini Wedding relates to humanism, which was one of the major focuses during the Renaissance. This painting relates to humanism because on of the main parts of humanism is focusing of human interests, and this painting is focusing on a wedding which is in interest of both people. Furthermore, this painting is not like a painting in the middle ages because the wedding is taking place in a bedroom. Since the wedding is taking place in a bedroom their is no spiritualness to the wedding, and in the middle ages lots of their paintings had a religious or spiritual theme.  The Statue of David created by Donatello was a depiction of the Great David just after he defeats the Great Goliath. It portrays him as a young male and by the way his eyes are it shows that he seems to be satisfied with this great feat he has just accomplished. The way that Donatello sculpted this was to show that David is a very young but promising man. The statue is sculpted out of all bronze, which was a very nice thing in the 1400s. In the statue he is standing with one foot on the dead body of Goliath and in his right hand he is bearing Goliaths sword. The way that he is shown is to create an image for the rest of the world and to send a message. The man David in the sculpture is wearing nothing except for a small cloth, a helmet and some warrior’s boots. The reason for this is that the artist Donatello is a homosexual which gives us understanding on why the genitals are in so much detail. The David statue completed by Donatello was one of the most extravagant statues ever created and there are many more models of the original which is in The Victoria and Albert Art Museum in London England.

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