CONTENTS

I. Introduction........... 1

   1. Purpose of This Essay..... 1

   2. Method and Range of This Essay    1

II. Renaissance Art....... 2

   1. Definition of Renaissance 2

   2. Beginning of Renaissance. 3

   3. Art of Renaissance....... 4

III. Michelangelo......... 5

   1. Life of Michelangelo..... 5

   2. Characteristics of Michelangelo    6

IV. Michelangelo and Renaissance Art   7

   1. Pieta................... 7

2. Fresco in Sistine Chapel.. 8

V. Conclusion............. 9

Ⅰ. Introduction

1. Purpose of this Essay

Renaissance’s three masters, Leonardo da Vinci, Buonarroti Michelangelo, Raffaello Sanzio. We’re going to know about how can Michelangelo belong to Renaissance’s three masters. Also we’re going to about Renaissance, the age that Michelangelo lived. What is Renaissance, the beginning of Renaissance, the perspective which was invented in Renaissance. After that, we’re going to know about Michelangelo, the main purpose of this essay, and the Michelangelo’s lifetime and his artistic features, additionally, the Michelangelo’s representative two works.

2. Method and Range of This Essay

We referred to many books for Essay and also internet searches through online dictionaries. This Essay consists of 5 chapters and the main body is composed of 3 chapters, excluding the introduction of Chapter 1 and the conclusion of Chapter 5. In chapter 2, "Renaissance.” What is Renaissance? We will learn about that through Renaissance’s etymology. And the reason why Renaissance appeared in Northern Italian. In chapter 3, “Michelangelo.”contained Michelangelo’s lifetime.  The final chapter 4, "Michelangelo and Renaissance’s art”is about Michelangelo’s artistic features and two representative works.