Michelangelo
Renaissance Artist (Brendan Dillon)
Biography
- Born March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy
- Most of his life was spent in Rome, Spain and Florence, Italy
- His education was 1 year of appreciation art of Domenico Ghirlandajo, a Florence painter, then declared himself fully trained
- Michelangelo was a religious man, his patrons were people like Pope Julius II, Medichi and Paul III he was dedicated to his work, never married
- Michelangelo worked mainly on marble sculptures and pantings he created work like David and painted the inside of Sistine chapel those were just of he many projects
- The two "isms" linked to him are Humanism-He wanted to study the natural world/new emphasis on human activity and Secularism-He put his own creations before religion
The Work
- David was created in Florence, Italy between 1501 to 1504
- David can be found in the Academia (museum) in Florence, Italy
- Significant because No religion, Observation of real world and Original
- I find this interesting because of the detail crafted in one sculpture
- This sculpture exemplifies Humanism because it studies the natural world/new emphasis on human activity
Work Cited
Creator : Michelangelo
Title : David
Title : frontal view
Date : 1501-1504
Repository : Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence, Italy)
ARTstor : LESSING_ART_1039490336
URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FThWdC8hIywtPygxFTx5TnQkVnoreA%3D%3D
"Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Biography in Context. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.