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Michelangelo
Italian Artist 1475 – 1564
History : Renaissance
Mediums (technique) : sculpture, fresco (special paint on fresh wall
cement) architecture, poetry.
Significant artwork:
Pieta c. 1500 marble life size sculpture of Mary mourning over the
body of Christ. St. Pete’s, Rome, Italy
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508-1512. Fresco. The Vatican,
Rome, Italy
David 1501-1504. 18’ high marble. Florence, Italy
Moses . 1513-1515. Approximately 8’high marble. San Pietro in
Vincoli, Rome, Italy.
Michelangelo was a prolific artist, with a celebrated Italian temper. It is
said that he received a broken nose during his apprenticeship,
resulting from an argument with his mentor.
Italy was flourishing under the leadership of Lorenzo Medici, who
began a rebirth of the arts called the Renaissance. Lorenzo was
Michelangelo’s patron and allowed him to create. Another supporter of
Michelangelo was Pope Julius II who commissioned Michelangelo to
paint the Sistine Chapel and also design his tomb.
Synopsis
• Michelangelo was born on March 6,
1475, in Caprese, Italy. Born to a family
of moderate means in the banking
business, Michelangelo became an
apprentice to a painter before studying
in the sculpture gardens of the powerful
Medici family. What followed was a
remarkable career as an artist in the
Italian Renaissance, recognized in his
own time for his artistic virtuosity.
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo
(Ceiling) Sistine Chapel 1508-1512 Fresco The Vatican, Rome, Italy
Michelangelo
In one of the panels on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is the Creation of Man.
His works include the "David" and "Pieta" statues
and the ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel,
including the "Last Judgment." Although he always
considered himself a Florentine, Michelangelo
lived most of his life in Rome, where he died in
1564, at age 88.
Early Life
• Painter, sculptor, architect and poet Michelangelo,
one of the most famous artists of the Italian
Renaissance, was born Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni on March 6, 1475, in Caprese,
Italy. Michelangelo's father, Leonardo di Buonarrota
Simoni, was briefly serving as a magistrate in the
small village.
Michelangelo
More from the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
David
1501-1504.
18’ high
marble
Florence, Italy
David
Michelangelo
Pieta
c. 1500
marble life size
sculpture of
Mary mourning
over the body
of Christ.
St. Pete’s,
Rome, Italy
Michelangelo
Moses .
1513-1515.
Approximately
8’high marble.
San Pietro in
Vincoli, Rome,
Italy.
Moses