Renaissance+and+Reformation+Sculpture


 * ==The Pieta by Michelangelo== || ==Lady With Posy by==

Andrea del Verrocchio
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 * [[image:Pieta.jpg]] || [[image:Lady_With_Posy.jpg width="402" height="547"]] ||
 * ======This is the sculpture from Michelangelo called the Pieta. The Pieta was [|made] in 1499 by famous Renaissance artist [|Michelangelo.] The woman in the sculpture is Mary and the man in her arms is Jesus. This was Michelangelo's first large full scaled craving that he had done during the Renaissance. The sculpture was made of marble so it appeared very life like. Looking at the actual sculpture [|people] are amazed by a much the marble looks like real human flesh. Now this famous sculpture is in [|Rome], Italy at the Saint Peter's Basilica. A basilica is one of the seven main churches of the Roman Catholic church. [|Saint] Peter's Basilica is believed to sit on Saint Peter's grave in Rome.====== || ======This is an image of a the sculpture called Lady With Posy. The sculpture was made by artist Andrea del Verrocchio. The sculpture is made out of marble and was made sometime in the mid to late 1500s. In the woman's hands you can see a flower that represents a posy. Andrea del [|Verrocchio] was born and lived in Florence, Italy. Having in lived in Florence he was able to contribute do the [|Florentine] Renaissance. Verrocchio was such an amazing artist that many students came to watch him preform his work. Some of his famous artists that visited him were Sandro Botticelli, who was a leather tanner from a wealthy background so he had a good education, Domenico Ghirlandaio, [|who] was a painter many people tried to copy because of his realism, and Leonardo da Vinci.====== ||