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Michelangelo

Michelangelo. Date. Born in Caprese “Son of Florence” Born: March 6th, 1475 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Italian Renaissance Painter, sculptor, architect and poet Considered master of representing the human body. Michelangelo: Information. Early Life: Family Information.

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Michelangelo

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  1. Michelangelo Date

  2. Born in Caprese “Son of Florence” Born: March 6th, 1475 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Italian Renaissance Painter, sculptor, architect and poet Considered master of representing the human body Michelangelo:Information

  3. Early Life:Family Information • Comes from a family of bankers • One of 5 sons • Father was in government • Mother died when he was young • Afterwards, lived with a stonecutter and his wife and family in Settignano • Strong influence on sculpture • Affinity for the arts • “Artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers.”

  4. Father sent him to study grammar At 13, he apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio Learned “fresco” At 14, studied sculpture at the Medici garden Ruler of Florence Joined famiglia Began getting commissions Early Life: School Domenico Ghirlandaio

  5. Began studying anatomy Corpses Created the Wooden Crucifix

  6. Professional Life:Battle of the Centaurs • Earliest sculpture at 17 • Simple, solid forms • Squarish proportion of figures

  7. Rome • Medici died in 1492 • Fell from power • Found his way to Rome • Bacchus • God of wine • Earliest surviving large-scale sculpture • Viewed from all sides

  8. Firenze • Most talented sculptor of central Italia • David • Heroic courage • Piazza della Signoria • http://www.italyguides.it/us/florence/michelangelo_david.htm David

  9. Sistine Chapel • Commissioned by Pope Julius II • Repaint the ceiling • Hesitant at first • 1508-1512

  10. Sistine Chapel:Content • Prophets • Dramatic • Original framing system • 9 stories from Genesis Separation of Light and Darkness

  11. "After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become."

  12. LastJudgment • End wall of Sistine Chapel • Directed by Christ • Largest fresco • Angels pushing damned down and pulling saved up from hell

  13. Issues • Target of criticism • ”It was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns." • Retaliation • Biaggio (Master of Ceremonies) • Draperies added

  14. Final Works • Devoted himself to architecture and poetry • Created two pietas (both unfinished) • Rondanini Pieta • For his own tomb Rondanini Pieta

  15. Art originates from inner inspiration and culture Masculinity Saw nature as an enemy Solitary/melancholy Bisexual Poetry Vittoria Colonna Michelangelo

  16. His Death • Died: February 18, 1564 • 89 Years Old • Fever • Will • Soul to God • Body to Earth • Material possessions to his nearest relations • Buried in Florence • “Father and master of all the arts”

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