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How does the style taught in Florence Art schools during the Renaissance differ from Roman Art schools?

I am doing a research paper on Michelangelo and apparently there is a difference between Rome and Florence art schools. Apparently his style was greatly influenced by whether it was Florence or Roman. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help. I have tried doing research online and I cannot find any sources. So if you find any sources, it would be most appreciated! Thank you so much!

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1. I can't help you much, but have found some sites which you may find useful. http://arthistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/sixteenth_century_art "THE ROMAN SCULPTORS In the Early Renaissance, Florence supplied Rome with artists, and there was no distinctive Roman school. In the Developed Renaissance, Rome, chiefly through Michelangelo, influenced the development of sculpture throughout all Italy. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), equally famous as architect, sculptor, and painter, was essentially a sculptor in all his work. Though a Tuscan by birth, and in his early work not uninfluenced by Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia, his spirit gave to sculpture a more independent position than it had enjoyed since the days of the Greeks and Romans. From Ghirlandaio, in whose studio he is said to have worked, he received no deep educational impress. From the very start, architectural and landscape backgrounds, perspective effects and elaborated compositions, did not enter into his conceptions. His interest centred in the human form." http://www.oldandsold.com/articles08/sculpture-21.shtml http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/07.html http://www.wga.hu/tours/italpain/firenze.html I hope these sources help.
2. the renaissance artists were humanists meaning they revived the art of the romans