Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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My name is Laura Gallagher and I'm a professional 3d artist. I travelled to Florence, Italy to study the art of Michelangelo for one month and this is what I have learned. As Michelangelo got older he had a tendency to leave his work more and more in an unfinished, or 'non finito', state. This video, the first of two, is a deep dive into his sculpting techniques and his thought process.

We analyse the following sculptures:
- Giorno (Day), Michelangelo, Sagrestia Nuova.
- Notte (Night), Michelangelo, Sagrestia Nuova.
- Crepuscolo (Dusk), Michelangelo, Sagrestia Nuova.
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Sagrestia Nuova.
- Giuliano de' Medici, Michelangelo, Sagrestia Nuova.
- Medici Madonna, Michelangelo.
- Trophies of Arms, Silvio Cosini, Medici Chapel
- David, Michelangelo, Galleria Dell'Accademia
- Prisoners, Michelangelo, Galleria Dell'Accademia
- Il Giorno (terracotta), Niccolò Pericoli, Bargello

Attributions:
Cover image of David: By Jörg Bittner Unna - Own work, CC BY 4.0, image was cropped, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27David%27_by_Michelangelo_FI_Acca_JBS_084.jpg