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Figure 7.4. Da Vinci's Work, “The Vitruvian Man”
Towering in their accomplishments were Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564) and
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Michelangelo is a sculptor without peers. His
Pieta
is the
face of a beautiful, sorrowing mother cradling a dead son in her arms. His
David
“expresses
tray Giuliano and Lorenzo de Medici in calm, majestic death, while beneath them are al-
legorical images of Night and Day, Dusk and Dawn, that express anguish and sorrow at the
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