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MICHELANGELO
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General information
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)
the best-documented artist of the 16th century
Caprese, Italy Sculptor, architect, poet and
engineer High Renaissance
Interesting facts
Divine 18 February, 1564 – Galileo and
W.Shakespeare were born Is concidered to be one of the greatest
masters in the history of European art His father hoped he would be a
businessman or a merchant(kaupmees), when Michelangelo told him he’d wish to be an artist, hes father raged and said : ‘artist are laborers, no better than shoemakers.’
Life development
• Grammar school ( was encouraged)
• Studied anatomy• Got his nose broken• Sleeping Cupid, the
fraud
Went to learn sculpting
• Mocked by the pope• Pieta• David – ‘The Giant’
At 23, recognized as a great sculpture
• Elected to build the tomb of pope Julius II
• The Sistine Chapel ceiling
Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica
Michelangelo’s Views on Painting “The more painting resembles
sculpture, the better I like it, the more sculpture resembles painting, the worse I like it”. -1547
On Portraiture: …”flattery of idle curiosity and of the imperfect illusions of the senses”.
On the Sistine Ceiling:…”this is not my profession. I am wasting my time, and all for nothing. May God help me!”
The tomb of Julius II
David ‘The Giant’
Pietà The Sistine Chapel
Last Judgement
•Depiction of the second coming of the Christ and theApocalypse
Personality
No social life Barely ate and drinked, lived like a
homeless person Obsessed with perfection Thought everyone were his enemies
( da Vinci, Raffaele ) Creative ( transporting
marble;‘David’;dome )
Michelangelo and literature Poems to his boyfriend La carne terra, e qui l'ossa mia, prive
de' lor begli occhi, e del leggiadro aspettofan fede a quel ch'i' fu grazia nel letto,che abbracciava, e' n che l'anima vive
The flesh now earth, and here my bones,Bereft of handsome eyes, and jaunty air,Still loyal are to him I joyed in bed,Whom I embraced, in whom my soul now lives.
Biographies – selfish
statements claiming he
did everything by himself
Used literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jmf267/Assignment%204.html
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-divine-michelangelo/
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