A Renaissance Artist
The Story of Michelangelo
His Life...
- Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy.
- He lived during the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Michelangelo spent a lot of his life in Florence.
- He was an artists apprentice under Ghirlandajo for a year.
- Michelangelo worked in several different cities during his life.
The Works...
- Michelangelo was able to do a lot of his work because of his patrons, including the Medici family.
- One of his most famous works is the painting of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
- Michelangelo did not do only painting though, he did sculptures and architecture also.
- A work of architecture designed by Michelangelo were the Medici Chapel, a tomb chapel designed for two, young Medici dukes.
- One of his most famous works as a sculpture was David, a marble statue for a cathedral.
The Sistine Chapel
- Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1508.
- He was commissioned by Pope Julius.
- This piece is so significant because Michelangelo changed the traditional format for ceiling painting.
- He set the standard for dramatic scenes in the future with this piece.
- I find this piece so interesting because I know it must have taken a while to paint and it is so elaborate and complicated.
- This piece does not represent any of the "ism's" very well because it has a lot to do with religion.
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