Michelangelo
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
Renaissance Artist
Learning Target:
I can explain why
Michelangelo became known
as one of the finest artists in
the world during the
Renaissance
Early Life of Michelangelo
Michelangelo was born on
March 6, 1475 in Caprese,
Italy
He came from a respectful
family and was the 2nd
born of three brothers
Michelangelo’s family
moved to Settignano, a
village outside of Florence,
after his mother passed
away when he was 6 years
old
Early Education
At age 12 he was enrolled as an apprentice to
prominent Florentine painter, Domenico
Ghirlandaia, but soon began to study sculpture
instead
He attracted the attention of Lorenzo de Medici,
who then was the leading art patron of Florence
From 1490-1492 Michelangelo lived with the
Medici Family where he studied with Bertoldo di
Giovanni, a sculptor employed by the Medici
family
Relief Sculpture
At age 16, Michelangelo’s completed his first relief
sculpture called The Battle of Centaurs
He then created The Madonna of the Stairs which
began to show movement and force
The Pieta
Michelangelo traveled to
Rome where he remained
from 1496-1501
At age 23 he completed
The Pieta, a marble statue
that shows the Virgin Mary
with the dead Jesus lying
across her lap
This statue is larger than
life size and is currently
being shown in St. Peter’s
Church in Rome
David
After returning to Florence,
Michelangelo produced the
magnificent David
He chose to represent
David as an athletic, manly
character, very
concentrated and ready to
fight
Florence was going through
a difficult period and he
used the David as a model
of heroic courage
Sistine Chapel
From 1508 until 1512, Michelangelo worked on his
most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel in the Vatican
On the ceiling, he illustrated:
The Story of Genesis with scenes of God creating
the world
The story of Adam and Eve
The story of Noah and the great flood
He later painted The Last Judgment on the altar
wall of the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel
Final Days
Towards the end of his life,
Michelangelo became
more involved in
architecture and poetry
From 1540-1550 he
redesigned St. Peter’s
Church in Rome,
completing only the dome
and four columns
Michelangelo died of old
age on February 18th, 1564