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I am a natural artist and have been
drawing pictures and sculpting since I was a child. I consider
myself a sculptor. Michelangelo is my favorite artist.
Michelangelo once said "To be a sculptor your first have to be
a artist".
Michelangelo strongly believed that to be a good sculptor you had to know your human anatomy. Michelangelo was planning on writing a book on human anatomy and sculpture but never did. My college didn't have any human anatomy classes. But it did offer a anatomy class for sports student so they could study human anatomy from cadaveurs. I showed the instructior my sketch book I asked to be allowed to sit in and sketch and observe the dissection. The class was great seeing the actual muscles in the face was 100% different than looking at muscle photos or pictures made of the face. I can see why Michelangelo thought it necessary for sculptors to study the human body up close. Unfortunately, after the head was done I gave up on my dream of becoming a sculptor since I could never study the human body as Michelangelo had and gain the knowledge he had. Because, my cadaveurs were old black people who had donated their bodies for medical research to my college. And if all I was going to sculpt were old black people than it would have worked out. But, I wanted more... It would have been nice to studied all rices, both sexes at various ages like 2, 10, 15, 22, 40, and at 65. Therefore,in my humble opinion, there will never be another sculptor like Michelangelo since sculptors today can't even study like he did. I guess if I had went to some undeveloped country in I could have bribed someone to study, but I didn't. |