The complete artist, he expressed the ideas of the Renaissance, passing from "realism" to the "beautiful" as the embodiment and glorification of the capacity of man. After completing his humanistic studies, he started work in Ghirlandaio's workshop in Florence while still only a youth (1488); his interest in ancient sculpture soon led him to frequent the garden at Saint Mark, where the Medici family had already put together a sizeable collection of classical statuary. His first …
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