Transcript Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo
Buonarroti
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Who is Michelangelo?
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Born on March 6, 1475
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Caprese, Italy
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Died on February 18, 1564 (Age 88)
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Second of five sons.
Rome, Italy
Family in the banking business
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Father- Leonardo di Buonarrota
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Mother- Francesca Neri
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Unable to care for Michelangelo; A stonecutter family cared for him.
Taught by Domenico Ghirlandaio (a popular artist in Florence)
 Skill of fresco painting
 At 16 he attended a special school for the study of sculpture
founded by Lorenzo de Medici.
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Style of Art / Medium
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Marble Sculpture
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Painting
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Architecture
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Poetry
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Sculpting
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Sketches
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Marble
Chalk
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Black
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Red (Known as Sanguine)
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Ink
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Charcoal
Types of medium
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City hall walls
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Sistine Chapel domed ceiling and
alter wall
David and The Sistine Chapel
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The statue of David was created
from 1501-1504
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling was
painted between 1508 and 1512.
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14.0 feet marble statue
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Biblical hero David
Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo
to paint the Sistine Chapel.
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Represented as a standing nude
male
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Location
Michelangelo wrote a poem
about his unpleasant experience
painting the Sistine Chapel.
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Contains more than 300 figures.
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Depicts nine stories from the book
of Genesis including the famous
“Creation of Adam”.
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Courtyard of the Opera del
Duomo.
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Galleria dell’ Accademia –
or Accademia Gallery – in
Florence, Italy (Today)
David and The Sistine Chapel
Rival Artists of the High Renaissance
Period
Leonardo da Vinci
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1452-1519
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
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1483- April 6, 1520
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Painter, inventor, architect, engineer
and a scientist.
Apprentice of a sculptor and painter
in Florence at a young age
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Italian painter, architect, drawer, and with Raimondi a printmaker of his
engravings.
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Noted for his clarity of form and ability to convey grandeur, beauty and perfection.
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Education
 Said to have surpassed his teacher in
the art of painting very quickly.
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A few paintings by Leonardo
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The Mona Lisa
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The Fresco
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The Last Supper
Italian city of Urbino in the Marches area of Italy
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Arts
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Literature
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Social skills
Compared to Michelangelo, Raphael had little to no trouble in social circles.
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Style- more refined
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A few works of art
Mond de Crucifixion in 1503
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St. George Fighting The Dragon
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Cherubini
Major Influences
Domenico
Ghrilandaio
Lorenzo
Ghiberti
Bertoldo
di Giovanni
Contributions to the Renaissance
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Through his work of humanism and nature he introduced new techniques of
proportion, contrast, shading, and atmospheric perspective.
Concluding Thinking Skills Questions
References
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http://www.howtodrawjourney.com/michelangelo-art.html
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http://entertainmentguide.local.com/style-art-did-michelangelouse-4389.html
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http://www.accademia.org/exploremuseum/artworks/michelangelos-david/
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http://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-aboutthe-sistine-chapel
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http://www.biography.com/people/michelangelo-9407628
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http://www.raphaelsanzio.org/