Michelangelo
Uploaded by carlaroserios on Dec 17, 2006
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection”
-- Michelangelo
Michelangelo was not only a sculptor, painter, poet and architect, he was truly a Renaissance man and easily one of the greatest artists of all time. Through his remarkable creations he demonstrated his amazing abilities and visions through his artwork. His artwork consisted of many different paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it’s natural state of extreme beauty. We will explore the great and wonderful Sistine Chapel ceilings and paintings created by Michelangelo. By viewing his artwork, we will see through his eyes as he searched for information, truth and morality in the human race by focusing on people’s loyalty, commitment and interactions with each other to create a beautiful story in which he expressed in an artistic form during the sixteenth century.
MICHELANGELO
An Italian sculptor, painter, poet and architect, Michelangelo was one of the most inspired originators in the history of art during the Renaissance period, along with rival Leonardo Da Vinci. Michelangelo was born, the second of five brothers, in a small village of Caprese, which is near Arezzo, Italy on March 6, 1475. His full name Michelangelo Di Lodovico Butonarroti Simoni. His father was a local magistrate, Leonardo di Buonarotti di Simoni.
Michelangelo's father placed him, at the age of 13 years old, in the workshop of a painter. Two years later he studied at a sculpture school in the Medici gardens and after was invited to the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. This was an opportunity for him to communicate with the younger Medici, two of who later became popes (Leo X and Clement VII). Michelangelo created at least two sculptures by the time he turned 16 years old, which demonstrated that at a very young age he had achieved a personal style of his own originality. He settled for a time in Bologna, where in 1494 and 1495 he completed numerous marble statuettes for the Church of San Domenico. After returning to Florence, he reached a high point in his career by creating two of his best-known artworks Pieta (statue that shows the Virgin Mary grieving over her son, the dead Jesus) and David (a nude hero is shown as muscular and alert, looking off into the distance). This masterwork most definitely...