Michelangelo biography

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Michelangelo
italy Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect & poet
born 1475 - died 1564
Born in: Caprese Michelangelo (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy).
Died in: Rome (Lazio, Italy)

Also known as: Michelangelo Buonarroti, Michel Angel de Bonarrotta, Michel Aniol, Michelagnolo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Michel-Ange, Michelange Bonaroti, Michel'Angelo, Mighelagnolo, Miguel Angelo, Mikelandzhelo, Mikel-Andzhelo, Mikilanjilu, Michelangelo Bonarroti, Michelangelo Bonorotti, Michelangelo Buonarota, Michel Angelo Buonarroti, Michelagniolo Buonarroti, Michelagnolo Buonarruoti.

Apprentice to: Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494).
Student of: Bertoldo Di Giovanni (1420-1491).
Teacher of: Ascanio Condivi (1525-1574), Piero d'Argenta (-1529), Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574).
Colleague of: Francesco Granacci (1477-1543).
Assisted by: Francesco Amadori (1515-1555), Antonio Mini (-1533), Jacopo Torni (1476-1526).
Collaborated with: Marcello Venusti (1512-1579).
Friend of: Marcello Venusti (1512-1579).
Worked with: Giovanni Antonio Dosio (1533-1610), Pietro di Giacomo Rosselli (1474-1532).
Patronized by: Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), Paul III, Pope (1468-1549).
Rival of: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

Michelangelo Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

1508 - 1512
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Added 10/7/2001


On Painting the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
To Giovanni da Pistoia, July 1510
by Michelangelo Buonarroti

I've grown a goiter by dwelling in this den -
As cats from stagnant streams in Lombardy,
Or in what other land they hap to be -
Which drives the belly close beneath the chin;
My beard turns up to heaven; my nape falls in,
Fixed on my spine: my breast-bone visibly
Grows like a harp: a rich embroidery
Bedews my face from brush-drops thick and thin.
My loins into my paunch like levers grind:
My buttock like a crupper bears my weight;
My feet unguided wander to and fro;
In front my skin grows loose and long; behind,
By bending it becomes more taut and strait;
Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow:
Whence false and quaint, I know,
Must be the fruit of squinting brain and eye;
For ill can aim the gun that bends awry.
Come then, Giovanni, try
To succor my dead pictures and my fame,
Since foul I fare and painting is my shame.

In full MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]--d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome), italy Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and the David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Later in life Michelangelo designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the same city and revolutionised classical architecture with his use of the giant order of pilasters.
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
-- Michelangelo, quoted in Vasari's Lives of the Artists

David
Gigantic marble, started in 1501 and completed in 1504
Michelangelo began work on the colossal figure of David in 1501, and by 1504 the sculpture (standing at 4.34m/14 ft 3 in tall) was in place outside the Palazzo Vecchio. The choice of David was supposed to reflect the power and determination of Republican Florence and was under constant attack from supporters of the usurped Medicis. In the 19th century the statue was moved to the Accademia. - Michelangelo Buonarroti oil painting, Michelangelo art - offer Michelangelo paintings The Creation of Adam, Last Judgement and his biography.

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