Did you know? Antonio del Pollaiuolo, who lived during the fifteenth century, was probably the first artist to dissect (cut up) human corpses to study anatomy. Leonardo da Vinci did the same and even discovered that hardening of the arteries was a cause of death in older people. SkillBuilder discussion Continuity and change Consider how this ancient artwork ( SOURCE3 ) differs from the medieval figures in SOURCE1 .What has changed in the approach to the art and why might this be?
SOURCE3 The classical sculpture shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons being crushed to death by snakes. The sculpture was rediscovered in a vineyard in Esquiline Hill on 14 January 1506 and had a great impact on Michelangelo.
SOURCE5 Michelangelo Buonarotti’s famous Pietà (meaning ‘pity’). The marble sculpture depicts Mary holding the body of her son Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
SOURCE4 Moses by Michelangelo, 1515, was influenced by the rediscovered classical sculpture of Laocoön shown in SOURCE3 .
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition
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