Michelangelo Buonarroti Renaissance Artist

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Michelangelo BuonarrotiRenaissance Artist

• Learning Target
• I can explain why Michelangelo became known as
  one of the finest artists in the world during the
  Renaissance

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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
• Michelangelos family moved to Settignano, a
  village outside of Florence, after his mother
  passed away when he was 6 years old

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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

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Relief Sculpture

• At age 16, Michelangelos 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

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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. Peters Church in
  Rome

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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

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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

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The Sistine Chapel
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Final Days

• Towards the end of his life, Michelangelo became
  more involved in architecture and poetry
• From 1540-1550 he redesigned St. Peters Church
  in Rome, completing only the dome and four
  columns
• Michelangelo died of old age on February 18th,
  1564