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_Michelangelo Buonarroti _
By: slayer
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the artist. "Arguably one of the most inspired
creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent
force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and
poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on
subsequent Western art in general." I choose this man because he is one of the
more talents and known artists in the cultural family. Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475 - 1564) Michelangelo, the second of five brothers was born on March 6,
1475, at Caprese, in Tuscany, to Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and
Francesca Neri. The same day, his father noted down: "Today March 6, 1475, a
child of the male sex has been born to me and I have named him Michelangelo.
He was born on Monday between 4 and 5 in the morning, at Caprese, where I am
the Podestà." When Michelangelo was a child, he met a boy, Francesco Granacci
six years older than him, who was learning the art of painting in
Ghirlandaio's studio, and Michelangelo found his own artist vocation.
Michelangelo's father placed his 13-year-old son in the workshop of the
painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about two years, Michelangelo went on to
study at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and shortly thereafter was
invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent.
Michelangelo's studies were: Painting, sculpture and Anatomy of the human
body, (for this reason, the quality of his artwork, the perfection of the body
in the sculpture and painting). Michelangelo was a very illustrated and
intelligent boy, and his father always give him unconditional support. For
these reasons, Michelangelo succeed. Michelangelo produced his first
large-scale sculpture, the over-life-size Bacchus (1496-98, Bargello,
Florence). Pietà at the same time, Michelangelo also did the marble Pietà
(1498-1500), still in its original place in Saint Peter's Basilica. One of the
most famous works of art, the Pieta was probably finished before Michelangelo
was 25 years old. These two artworks of Michelangelo were the first ones and
both are great works. While Michelangelo was occupied with the David
(1501-1504) he receive a commission, paint a mural, the Battle of Cascina,
destined for the Sala dei Cinquecento of the Palazzo Vecchio. With this work,
he demonstrates his ability as a painter. In 1505 the Julius II commissioned
Michelangelo to produce his tomb which was planned to be the most magnificent
of Christian times. In 1508, the pope Paul III had a job for him, painting
twelve figures of apostles and some decorations of the Sistine Chapel, and
Michelangelo learn the art of the fresco. There are a lot of masterpieces of
artwork in his life, but I consider these ones the most important.
Michelangelo during his life was an intimate of princess, popes, cardinals,
poets and painters. All the work that Michelangelo did, was an expression of
the his own world, with a deep feeling. In my own opinion, Michelangelo
Buonarroti was a huge human being, he was in the middle of something, he was
in the right place, in the right time, and he made the best of the situation.
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