Michelangelo Buonarroti was considered a creative genius, who is known as …show more content…
So he decided to explore the human body where it has not scientifically been explored. At night he would sneak into monasteries and examine the dead. Examining what was underneath the skin, Michelangelo was able to create realistic drawings. By seeing what was underneath the skin, he was able to create amazingly realistic drawings. His art has informed artists of how the human body works and moves.
Michelangelo personified many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. He was not afraid to show human nudity. Michelangelo portrayed life as it is, and with that he expressed his artistic ideas. The most revealing pieces of art was the ceiling design, that showed a great number of nude figures. The many nude figures are referred to as Ignudi. They are naked humans, perhaps representing the naked truth. More likely, I think they represent Michelangelo’s concept of the human potential for perfection.
Michelangelo himself said, "Whoever strives for perfection is striving for something divine." In painting nude humans, he is suggesting the unfinished human; each of us is born nude with a mind and a body with the power to be our own shapers. Michelangelo has a very great personality for his