It highlights the exchange of DNA between homologous chromosomes via a process called homologous recombination and the cross-over at chiasma (ta) between non-sister chromatids. Thus, this stage is important to increase genetic variation.
Most Famous Works Of Art: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. 3. David Statue â Michelangelo â David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17-metre (17.0 ft) marble statue of a standing male nude.
The bronze David. Donatello's bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance, and the first freestanding nude male sculpture made since antiquity. It depicts David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath's severed head just after defeating the giant.