MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo.
He was an Italian renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.

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Michelangelo (my kel AN jel oh) was born

in Italy in the village of Caprese. He attended school, and at the age of 12 he became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence, Domenico Ghirlandajo. After a year or so he stopped painting and began working as a sculptor.

PIETA,
a depiction of the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion, was curved in 1499

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Michelangelo's Pieta is made from marble

around 1498 through 1500 and is currently located in St. Peters Basilica. One interesting fact about the Pieta is that it is the only work Michelangelo ever did that he signed.

PIETA
He carved the marble sculpture "Pieta"*

(pea ay TAH) when he was 23 years old. The sculpture shows Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus after He was taken down from the cross. A pieta is a painting or sculpture of Mary holding and grieving over the dead body of Christ. The word "pieta" means "pity".

DAVID
marble, 13' 5" H

DAVID
Michelangelo's David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created from 1501 to 1504
This monumentally scaled statue of the Biblical David was commissioned as a symbol of the Florence republic. The sense of moral power and tense energy is conveyed not only through the anatomy but

through the concentrated gaze of the Biblical hero.

 Unlike Donatello, who

depicted the heroic David with Goliath's head at his feet, Michelangelo selected the tense moment before the battle.

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Instead of being shown

victorious over a foe much larger than he, David looks tense and ready for combat. His veins bulge out of his lowered right hand and the twist of his body effectively conveys to the viewer the feeling.

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CEILING OF SISTINE CHAPEL

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The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by

Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 under the authorization of Pope Julius II. It's about 40 meters (131 feet) long by 13 meters (43 feet) wide. Scattered throughout are smaller figures, cherubs and ignudi (nudes). All told there are more than 300 painted figures on the ceiling.

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It covered 1,000 square yards and showed nine scenes

from the Old Testament. There were also pictures of Old Testament prophets and other figures. He depicted scenes from the book of Genesis, some of which include God Separating Light from Darkness, the Creation of Adam, the Creation of Eve, the Temptation and fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood.

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All the pictures are very detailed and Michelangelo used strong figures of people to demonstrate his knowledge of human anatomy.

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Julius II also wanted Michelangelo to carve statues for

his tomb. He originally wanted 40 marble statues, but only three were completed.

 Michelangelo was noted for use of color,

light, tone design, and draftmanship. He excelled in architecture, sculture and anatomy. Michelangelo set standards for sculpting, painting, poetry, and architecture. His paintings were all equally proportioned, with very good perspective. All of his pictures had a 3-D effect to make his figures stand out from the background.