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Michelangelo: Information • Born in Caprese – “Son of Florence” • Born: March 6 th, 1475 • Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni • Italian Renaissance – Painter, sculptor, architect and poet • Considered master of representing the human body

Early Life: Family Information • • Comes from a family of bankers One of 5 sons Father was in government Mother died when he was young – Afterwards, lived with a stonecutter and his wife and family in Settignano – Strong influence on sculpture • Affinity for the arts – “Artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers. ”

Early Life: School • Father sent him to study grammar • At 13, he apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio – Learned “fresco” • At 14, studied sculpture at the Medici garden – Ruler of Florence – Joined famiglia • Began getting commissions Domenico Ghirlandaio

• Began studying anatomy – Corpses • Created the Wooden Crucifix

Professional Life: Battle of the Centaurs • Earliest sculpture at 17 • Simple, solid forms • Squarish proportion of figures

Rome • Medici died in 1492 – Fell from power • Found his way to Rome • Bacchus – God of wine – Earliest surviving largescale sculpture – Viewed from all sides

Firenze • Most talented sculptor of central Italia • David – Heroic courage – Piazza della Signoria • http: //www. italyguides. i t/us/florence/michelang elo_david. htm David

Sistine Chapel • Commissioned by Pope Julius II – Repaint the ceiling • Hesitant at first • 1508 -1512

Sistine Chapel: Content • Prophets • Dramatic • Original framing system • 9 stories from Genesis Separation of Light and Darkness

"After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become. "

Last Judgment • End wall of Sistine Chapel – Directed by Christ – Largest fresco • Angels pushing damned down and pulling saved up from hell

Issues • Target of criticism – ”It was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns. " • Retaliation – Biaggio (Master of Ceremonies) • Draperies added

Final Works • • Devoted himself to architecture and poetry Created two pietas (both unfinished) 1) Rondanini Pieta 2) For his own tomb Rondanini Pieta

Michelangelo • Art originates from inner inspiration and culture – Masculinity • Saw nature as an enemy • Solitary/melancholy • Bisexual – Poetry – Vittoria Colonna

His Death • Died: February 18, 1564 – 89 Years Old • Fever • Will – Soul to God – Body to Earth – Material possessions to his nearest relations • Buried in Florence – “Father and master of all the arts”