Michelangelo BuonarrotiBY-

Who is Michelangelo?

Born on March 6, 1475 Caprese, Italy

Second of five sons.

Died on February 18, 1564 (Age 88) Rome, Italy

Family in the banking business Father- Leonardo di Buonarrota

Mother- Francesca Neri Unable to care for Michelangelo; A stonecutter family cared for him.

Taught by Domenico Ghirlandaio (a popular artist in Florence) Skill of fresco painting At 16 he attended a special school for the study of sculpture founded

by Lorenzo de Medici.

Style of Art / Medium

Marble Sculpture

Painting

Architecture

Poetry

Sculpting

Marble

Sketches

Chalk

Black

Red (Known as Sanguine)

Ink

Charcoal

Types of medium

City hall walls

Sistine Chapel domed ceiling and alter wall

David and The Sistine Chapel

The statue of David was created from 1501-1504

14.0 feet marble statue

Biblical hero David

Represented as a standing nude male

Location

Courtyard of the Opera del Duomo.

Galleria dell’ Accademia – or Accademia Gallery – in Florence, Italy (Today)

The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted between 1508 and 1512.

Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo wrote a poem about his unpleasant experience painting the Sistine Chapel.

Contains more than 300 figures.

Depicts nine stories from the book of Genesis including the famous “Creation of Adam”.

David and The Sistine Chapel

Rival Artists of the High Renaissance Period

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

Painter, inventor, architect, engineer and a scientist.

Apprentice of a sculptor and painter in Florence at a young age

Said to have surpassed his teacher in the art of painting very quickly.

A few paintings by Leonardo The Mona Lisa

The Fresco

The Last Supper

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) 1483- April 6, 1520

Italian city of Urbino in the Marches area of Italy

Italian painter, architect, drawer, and with Raimondi a printmaker of his engravings.

Noted for his clarity of form and ability to convey grandeur, beauty and perfection.

Education

Arts

Literature

Social skills

Compared to Michelangelo, Raphael had little to no trouble in social circles.

Style- more refined

A few works of art-

Mond de Crucifixion in 1503

St. George Fighting The Dragon

Cherubini

The school of Athens

Lady with Unicorn

Major Influences

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Domenico Ghrilandaio

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Bertoldo di Giovanni

Contributions to the Renaissance

Through his work of humanism and nature he introduced new techniques of proportion, contrast, shading, and atmospheric perspective.

Concluding Thinking Skills Questions

References

http://www.howtodrawjourney.com/michelangelo-art.html

http://entertainmentguide.local.com/style-art-did-michelangelo-use-4389.html

http://www.accademia.org/explore-museum/artworks/michelangelos-david/

http://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-sistine-chapel

http://www.biography.com/people/michelangelo-9407628

http://www.raphaelsanzio.org/