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May 15, 2020 · It was here that Michelangelo created one of his most famous works, David, which was completed in 1504. Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) The following year he returned to Rome to build Pope Julius II’s tomb and was also commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, on which he worked from 1508-1512.
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- Early Life and Training
- Sculptures: The Pieta and David
- Paintings: Sistine Chapel
- Architecture & Poems
- Later Years
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. His father worked for the Florentine government, and shortly after his birth his family returned to Florence, the city Michelangelo would always consider his true home. Florence during the Italian Renaissanceperiod was a vibrant arts c...
Michelangelo was working in Rome by 1498 when he received a career-making commission from the visiting French cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, envoy of King Charles VIII to the pope. The cardinal wanted to create a substantial statue depicting a draped Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms—a Pieta—to grace his own future tomb. Miche...
In 1505, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt a grand tomb with 40 life-size statues, and the artist began work. But the pope’s priorities shifted away from the project as he became embroiled in military disputes and his funds became scarce, and a displeased Michelangelo left Rome (although he continued to work on the tomb, off and on...
The quintessential Renaissance man, Michelangelo continued to sculpt and paint until his death, although he increasingly worked on architectural projects as he aged: His work from 1520 to 1527 on the interior of the Medici Chapelin Florence included wall designs, windows and cornices that were unusual in their design and introduced startling variat...
From the 1530s on, Michelangelo wrote poems; about 300 survive. Many incorporate the philosophy of Neo-Platonism—that a human soul, powered by love and ecstasy, can reunite with an almighty God—ideas that had been the subject of intense discussion while he was an adolescent living in Lorenzo de’ Medici’s household. After he left Florence permanentl...
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Mar 25, 2018 · Updated on March 25, 2018. David's first marriage to Michal (pronounced "Michael"), the younger daughter of his rival, King Saul, was a political alliance that scholars still debate. Some biblical experts claim that Michal was David's favorite wife, while others insist that her loyalty to her father blighted the marriage of Michal and David.
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-1512, fresco. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world, and virtually all of this fame comes from the breathtaking painting of its ceiling from about 1508-1512. The chapel was built in 1479 under the direction of Pope Sixtus IV, who gave it his name (“Sistine ...
David is one of Michelangelo’s most-recognizable works, and has become one of the most recognizable statues in the entire world of art. Standing 13’5″ tall, the double life-sized David is depicted patiently waiting for battle, prepped with slingshot in one hand and stone in the other.
Most well known for his NAACP Image Award-nominated portrayal of Quincy Payne in the 1998 film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, he is also notable for his appearances in the television series Harry's Law, Cold Case, and CSI: Miami. Before Fame. His earliest credited television appearance was in a 1997 episode of NBC's Hang Time. Trivia.
Early Life. Born on March 6, 1475, in a town near Arezzo, in Tuscany, Michelangelo lived a comfortable life during his childhood. His family were bankers in Florence, but his father decided to enter a government post when the bank industry failed. When he was born, his father served as the judicial administrator at Caprese, as well as Chiusi's ...
