Michelangelo
=======famous artist of the renaissance=======
A little about Michelangelo
Michelangelo stopped painting.... but began to sculpt under the guidance of a pupil of the sculptor Donatello. Michelangelo made a lot of sculptures that people still have interests in them to day. One of Michelangelo's first statue was a small unfinished relief of a battle.
Facts about Michelangelo
Michelangelo is known for his best work in treatment of the human body.Michelangelo spent three years sculpting the statue of David. Some of his work is best- known in the western world, especially his sculpture of the old testament hero David.
Some of Michelangelo's sculptures/ Paintings
Statue of Daivd
The statue of David took Michelangelo three years to make and finished in 1504.
The pieta
At the age of 23 Michelangelo made a sculpture of a version of the Pieta witch is the dead Christ in the lap of the mourning virgin Mary.
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo painted this painting between the years 1508 and 1512
The last judgement
This painting took four years to complete, this is the painting Michelangelo started after the Sistine chapel ceiling.