Miesha Thrower

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12-4-09

Michelangelo

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands -Michelangelo

The Man Behind The MagicOne of many greatest

artists of all time,

Michelangelo’s name

has become

synonymous with the

word "masterpiece":

Michelangelo

Buonarroti.

Michelangelo was

caught in conflicting

powers of the Medici

family in Florence,

and the Papacy in

Rome.

His genius was

recognized unlike

some artist at the timehttp://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html/  

ChildhoodMichelangelo was born on

March 6, 1475Michelangelo’s mother died

when he was sixchildhood had lacking in

affection, and he was always silent, shy & dispositional quick to respond with mean words.

At the age of 14 he was invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, who died in 1492, after that Florence divided

 

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went to school of a master, Francesco Galeota from UrbinoWhen Michelangelo turned 13-years old he participated in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. Michelangelo went on to study at the sculpture school at 14 Michelangelo began to study human anatomy.

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Famous Sculptures

PIETÀ

Michelangelo then went to Rome, where he examined classical statues and ruins. Soon after he Michelangelo went on to sculpture Pietà, when he was 25 years old

Days after Pietà was placed in Saint Peter's, Michelangelo overheard someone remark that the sculpture was done by Christoforo Solari, out of rage, Michelangelo took hammer and chisel and engraved the following inscription on the sash across Mary's breast in lapidary letters: MICHEL ANGELUS BONAROTUS FLORENT FACIBAT  (Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this). This was the only work that Michelangelo ever signed. Michelangelo later regretted outburst of pride and determined to never again sign a work of his hands againhttp://www.michelangelo.co

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m/2008/05/11/pieta-pieta/

oThe sculpture of

David was

Michelangelo’s

highpoint in his

career.

oHe completed it from

1501-1504 when he

returned to Florence.

o…The City Council

asked me to carve a

colossal David from a

nineteen-foot block of

marble. He wrote in

his dairy

David

http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/david/David_von_Michelangelo.jpg

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The Sculpture of Bacchus The Bacchus was a sculpture of the Greek God of Wine This sculpture was the high point of Michelangelo’s career This sculpture was commissioned for a garden

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See D. Summers, Michelangelo and the Language of Art (1981); R. S. Liebert, Michelangelo: A Psychoanalytic Study of His Life and Images (1983); and M. Hirst, Michelangelo and His Drawings (1988).

Medici TombsMichelangelo

structured the Medici Tombs from 1519-1534.

The sculpture was of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Giuliano.

This was a rare time that Michelangelo didn’t sculpt something from Christian religion.

http://michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html?http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-early.html

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/michelangelo-sculptures-29.jpg

The Battle of Cascina Sistine Chapel

The Last Judgment

Famous Paintings

The painting was

destined for the

Sala dei

Cinquecento of the

Palazzo Vecchio

companion piece

to Leonardo's

Battle of

Anghiari

Work began in

the autumn of

1504 and ended

in February 1505

The Battle of Cascina

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http://www.wga.hu/support/viewer/z.html

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/4drawing/cascina/cascina1.html

•Sistine Chapel is part of the Vatican Palace in Rome•The painting is on the ceiling and tells the story of the old testaments.•Work began in 1508 and ended in October of 1512• Tennis size and 65 feet above the floor•He dismissed assistants B/c they weren’t good enough

The Sistine Chapel

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Bonner, Neil R. Michelangelo Buonarroti N.p., 15 Dec. 2001. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://michelangelo.com/>. Path: http://michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html. Turnpike, Sherman . Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. Vol. 7. N.p.: n.p., 2002. Print.

Corrick, James. The Renaissance. N.p.: Lucent Books, 1998. Print.

Architecture

The Laurentia Library Michelangelo's work as

an architect only began in earnest in 1519

In the 1520s he designed the Laurentian Library, elegant entrance hall adjoining San Lorenzo

He used motifs-columns, pediments, and brackets-for a personal and expressive purpose to complete the work.

Michelangelo was

suppose to remodel

the buildings

surrounding the

Campidoglio, the

political heart of

the city of Rome.

The work didn’t

start until the late

1550s and not

finished until the

17th century, he

designed the

Campidoglio

around an oval

shape, with the

famous antique

bronze equestrian

statue of the

Roman emperor

Marcus Aurelius in

the center.

St. Peter's Basilica

PoetryMichelangelo

developed a strong relationship with Vittoria Colonna

She was a poet who close friends almost lovers

He wrote many sonnets about her

Bonner, Neil R. Michelangelo Buonarroti N.p., 15 Dec. 2001. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://michelangelo.com/>. Path: http://michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html.

Turnpike, Sherman . Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. Vol. 7. N.p.: n.p., 2002. Print.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michelangelo.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo

http://slwa.wordpress.com/2008/04/

http://russellmcneil.blogspot.com/2007/08/domenico-ghirlandaio-1449-1494.html

http://crazymindseye.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/pieta-pieta/

http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/david/David_von_Michelangelo.jpg

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/michelangelo-sculptures-29.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/support/viewer/z.html

Kren, Emil, and Daniel Marx. "Battle of Cascina ." Web Gallary of Art Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2009. <http://www.wga.hu/>.

Sullivan, Mary A. N.p., 1999. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. <http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bargello/bargello.html>.

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Corrick, James. The Renaissance. N.p.: Lucent Books, 1998. Print.

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