Comparing Michelangelo's The Pietà And David

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Who is to be chosen to paint arguably one of the most glorifying and absolutely stunning Fresca paintings of all time; Michelangelo or Raphael? It is easy to make this choice now because we know that officially Michelangelo was the one who created the painting. But what if his counterpart Raphael was actually the one decided to construct this masterpiece instead? Michelangelo is an Italian artist who specialized in sculpting. A Renaissance man, Michelangelo is known as “one of the greatest artist of his time, and maybe even one of the greatest artists to live.” At the time that he was chosen to paint the Sistine Chapel, his most well known works were The Pietà and David, two sculptures. Even though two of Michelangelo’s best works at this …show more content…

Raphael was approached by the Pope to do some designing and artwork in the Papal Apartments within the Vatican. So both Raphael and Michelangelo were approached by the Pope to do some sort of artwork for him. However, due to the rise of Michelangelo, Raphael felt very threatened. He convinced the Pope to have Michelangelo construct the Sistine Chapel in hopes that he would miserably fail or give up in rage and thus diminishing his credibility and embarrass him. But his devised plot caused the exact opposite to occur. Michelangelo took on this challenge and blew it out of the water becoming one of the most well known artists the world has ever …show more content…

Personally, I find Michelangelo’s artwork and sculptures more appealing than Raphael’s. On pages 159 and 139 of Ross King’s book about Michelangelo, it shows some sketches drawn out by Michelangelo himself versus sketches by Raphael on pages 115 and 116. I think that Michelangelo’s sketches appeal to myself and the public more because they show a more masculine style and are very prominent in the facial structures. Like on Pg 159 it shows a sketch of a man on a roman sarcophagus and I really enjoyed it because of the masculine features, the muscles, the facial construction and just how overall it portrays the strength of the male persona in life. It is a very similar masculinity we see in Michelangelo’s version of David that we looked at in the powerpoint in class. The big muscles and strong bold pose is what I believe we as an audience want to see. Contra to Raphael’s sketch on Pg 115. The people portrayed in this scene just look different to me. They aren't as prominent and not necessarily defined in a muscular sense but in a overall body feature sense, the features of the body aren't as specifically portrayed as I think they should be. To me, in Raphael’s sketches, the men he draws seem extremely light and feminine to me. In my opinion I prefer the more masculine and strong personas drawn by Michelangelo versus the more soft and ladylike

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