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| daib0 | 6 Mar 2016, 07:27 AM Post #1 |
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Michelangelo was born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on 6 March 1475 near Tuscany, Italy Young Michelangelo was raised in Florence and later lived with a sculptor and his wife in the town of Settignano where his father owned a marble quarry and a small farm. Initially studying in linguistics, Michelangelo went against his father's wishes and took up an apprenticeship in painting with Domenico Ghirlandaio and in sculpture with Bertoldo di Giovanni. Ghirlandaio was so impressed with his young protege that he recommended him to Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of the Florentine republic and a great patron of the arts. After demonstrating his mastery of sculpture in such works as the Pietý (1498) and David (1504), he was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the chief consecrated space in the Vatican. Michelangelo spent four years painting the epic ceiling frescoes, depicting detailed Biblical scenes. There are nine panels devoted to biblical world history, the most famous of which is The Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are stretching toward each other. Michelangelo's frescoes on the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome were first shown to the public on 1 November 1512. Other famous frescoes of Michelangelo include The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was also a skilled architect, designing the Dome of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Laurentian Library in Florence at the church of San Lorenzo, transforming the Campidoglio and completing the Palazzo Farnese, considered the most beautiful palace of Rome, after the death of its previous designer, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. Michelangelo died on 18 February 1564, aged 88. ![]() ![]() Edited by daib0, 6 Mar 2016, 07:27 AM.
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