During the Renaissance, a period of cultural rebirth in Europe, two titans of the art world emerged: Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Michelangelo, a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, is renowned for his intricate sculptures, such as David and Pietà , his masterful ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, and his architectural designs for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Leonardo da Vinci, a polymath whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, engineering, and science, is best known for his enigmatic Mona Lisa, the anatomically precise Vitruvian Man, and his groundbreaking studies of human anatomy. The works of these two masters epitomize the Renaissance spirit of humanism, artistic innovation, and the pursuit of knowledge.
