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Michelangelo
Italian Artist 1475 – 1564
Renaissance
Mediums: sculpture, fresco, 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.
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.
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