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Michelangelo 1475-1564

Michelangelo 1475-1564. Born in Caprese near Arezzo, today Caprese Michelangelo 1488 apprenticed to Domenico del Ghirlandaio for 3 years 1489-1490 continued his studies in the Medici garden museum, near San Marco Became friend of Lorenzo de’ Medici. 1492 - 1505.

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Michelangelo 1475-1564

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  1. Michelangelo 1475-1564 • Born in Caprese near Arezzo, today Caprese Michelangelo • 1488 apprenticed to Domenico del Ghirlandaio for 3 years • 1489-1490 continued his studies in the Medici garden museum, near San Marco • Became friend of Lorenzo de’ Medici

  2. 1492 - 1505 • 8th April 1492 death of Lorenzo, Michelangelo returns home • Later was asked by Lorenzo’s elder son, Piero, to live in Casa de’ Medici and work for him • 1494 left for Venice and Bologna • Piero was expelled from Florence

  3. 1495 went back to Florence • 1496 – 1501 Rome under the patronage of Cardinal Riario • 1497 – went to Carrara for the first time to quarry marble for the Pieta’ • 1501- returned to Florence now a Republic • Piccolomini commissions statues for altar of Siena’s cathedral • Commissioned by Pope Julius II, 12 statues of Apostles for S.M. del Fiore

  4. 1505 – 1520 • 1505-8 Summoned to Rome by Julius II and commissioned to build his tomb. • Julius then commissioned him to paint the vault of the Sistine Chapel (unveiled 1512) • 1512 – The Medici return to Florence • 1513 – Leo X (second son of Lorenzo) becomes pope • Contract from Pope for facade of San Lorenzo and again for Julius II tomb • 1520 Plans for the Medici Chapels/ New Sacristy

  5. 1521 - 1530 • Leo X dies in 1521 and is succeeded by Clement VII, Giuliano’s son, in 1523 • M works on Medici tombs, New sacristy, Laurentian library • 1527-29 –Sack of Rome by Imperial troops • Medici expelled from Florence • Michelangelo elected to the Nove della Militizia and governor of the fortifications • 1530 – capitulation of Republic. M pardoned by Pope Clement VII

  6. Masterpieces of this period • David (symbol of young Florentine Republic) • Tondo Doni, now in the Uffizi • Cartoon for the Battle of Cascina in competition with Leonardo in the salone de’ Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio (Never found) • 4 Florentine slaves • New Sacristy, Laurentian Library with staircase

  7. 1534-1564 • 1534 – went to live in Rome for good • 1535 appointed chief sculptor, painter and architect of Pope Paul III, protagonist of the Counter-reformation • 1536 - 1541 painted Last Judgement • Worked as chief architect of St. Peter’s and on the Rondanini Pietà • Died in 1564

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