Michelangelo
Buonarroti was talented in many fields including sculpture, painting, poetry,
and architecture. He studied human anatomy to perfect realistic qualities of
his subjects in his work such as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the
statue of David. 5th graders studied their hands and learned how to
draw from close observation to depict contours and a range of values to achieve
realism. They shaded their hands using a hatching or cross-hatching technique
as Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists used in their sketches.
