It is impossible to calculate the exact influence this Florentine Renaissance Man has had on the art world in the centuries since his death. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, draughtsman, and poet, and was a master in all these trades. Few painters or sculptors have matched his grace and attention to detail when it came to the human body. His David (see Sculpture) as well as the ignudi painted around the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel show a mastery of human anatomy as well as an insigh
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