Test 3 Question 2

The pieces that interested me the most were pieces such as David by Michelangelo and his later created The Creation of Adam. I found these the most interesting as they were pieces that I Had heard of seen before throughout my entire life, to now understand their backgrounds and meaning was very interesting. The Creation of Adam is from Michelangelo’s fresco within the Sistine chapel and it depicts a scene from the book of genesis. With god’s hand almost touching Adam’s, the figures are incredibly well rendered and the colors are vivid. This piece today is one of the most recognizable and famous in the entire world. The reason I found it the most interesting was its influence on pop culture today and the number of time I had seen it before without ever discussing it. David is another well known piece which I had seen for years before ever learning about it.  Created after the hero David from the bible, the statue shows perfect form and an ideal man. As it represents that man who defeated a giant(Goliath) it became a symbol of civil liberties in the Florentine Republic in Italy.  To this day many have made replications of his work and one can see them all over the world. A replica now sits where the original once was, as it has been moved to the Accademia Gallery in Florence. These pieces were ones that I had heard of for years but never learned about. To receive this information makes the pieces all the more interesting as well as raising questions as to how such large perfect pieces were ever created by just one man.