We just learned about the Pietà by Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Another Renaissance Art sculpture is the Tomb of Pope Julius II by Michelangelo.
Michelangelo had great plans to build a gigantic three story wall with 40 statues in it, but sadly he was told to make it a lot smaller and only put in a few statues.
The most famous of his statues in this tomb is a large almost 8 foot tall Moses sitting and holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments in his one hand.
In this sculpture Moses has horns on his head, because when Moses came down from the mountain after seeing God, his face was enlightened, and some people thought that meant he had horns on his head like rays of light pointing to heaven.
Michelangelo was so proud of his sculpture of Moses that when he was done he hit it on the knee and shouted "NOW SPEAK" because it looked so lifelike almost like it was real.
There are also statues of the sisters Rachel and Leah next to Moses.
The other sculptures above Moses were made by another sculptor.
(from: wikipedia - tomb of pope julius ii)
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