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1. This legendary painting, shows Adam as a muscular classic unclothed, reclining on the left as he extends his hand toward God will fills the right half of the painting. This was an innovation depiction of the creation of Adam. Contrary to traditional artworks, God is not shown as aloof and regal, separate and above mortal man. For Michelangelo, it was important to depict the all-powerful giver of life as one distinctly intimate with man, whom he created in his own image. This is reflected the humanist ideals of man's essential place in the world and the connection to the divine. The bodies maintain the sculptural quality so reminiscent of his painting, carrying on the mastery of human anatomy signature to the high Renaissance.
2. This statue depicts the prophet, David, majestic and unclothed, with the slingshot he used to kill Goliath. This piece was commissioned by the Opera del Duomo for the Cathedral of Florence, a project that was originally meant to be a series of sculptures of prophets for the rooftop. Although David's familiarity stems from the classic religious tale, the statue became not only a rendition of the table, but a symbol fir the new Florentine Republic of it's defiant independence from Medici rule.
3. The Laurentian Library was built between 1524 and 1559 in the cloister of the church of San Lorenzo for Medic Pope, Clement III to house the illustrious family collection of manuscripts and printed books. On a deeper level. Michelangelo's architecture engaged in a playful dialogue with classical style - the columns, capitals, bases and myriad other elements that formed the lingua franca of architecture from classicism invention in ancient Greece to the dawn of modernism in the 20th Century.
4. This was the first of a number of Pietas Michelangelo worked on during his lifetime. It depicts the body of Jesus in the lap of his Mother after the crucifixion. This particular scene is one of the seven sorrows of Mary used in Catholic devotional prayers and depicts a key moment in her life foretold by the prophet, Simeon.
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