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The golden period of Renaissance In the golden period of the Renaissance, I will introduce Michelangelo`s David, and investigate Machiavelli`s new argumentative format according the most famous work, The Prince. I shall begin my analysis one of the most famous sculpture from the Renaissance, this is Michelangelo`s David. Here I will focus the body and the movement, and the shape of body how Michelangelo depict David`s ambiguous moment. Next, I shall concentrate the Biblical battle between David and Goliath. In the second half of my paper, I shall first introducing the historical and political state of Florence and Italy during Machiavelli`s time. Next I will define his philosophy according to The Prince. Here I will focus the argumentative framework, and the chapters how established when giving advice to his Prince. Finally, I will focus to Chapter XVII, where I investigate the thematic and the argumentative structure. David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. The sculpture is depicted before his battle with Goliath, and everyone knows David beaten the giant Goliath with three rock and one sling. Michelangelo's David differs from previous representations of the subject in that the Biblical hero is not depicted with the head of the slain Goliath.

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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
He is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He is the opposite side of Leonardo da Vinci. Both artists shared the power