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Source #1: En.Wikipedia.org/michelangelo |
Born on March 6th 1475. Died on February 18th 1566. Born in Florence, Italy. |
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Source #2: www.Michelangelo-gallery.org |
Michelangelo was a sculptor, poet and architect. His poetry was mostly erotic. Michelangelo was a homosexual. |
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Source #3: cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/life/art/michelangelo.html |
His most notable sculpture was called "David". HIs works motivated a lot of other artists to come out with their works. His work are still mentioned today. His works have been famous for 500 years! |
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source #4: www.encyclopedia.com/michelangelo |
Michelangelo was hired by the pope to build for him. Even though a grand artist he was a great architect. His birth name was actually Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni |
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What was he famous for? |
He was famous for his sculptures. |
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What inspired him to be an artist? |
The death of a friend caused him to start sculpting and painting. |
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Was he always an artist? |
He started off as a grammar student in Florence Italy. |
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How long did he live for? |
He lived until he was 88 which was double the life expectancy of the 15th century. |
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Was he rich? |
Quoted by Michelangelo, he said "How ever rich I am I live like a poor man" |
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What's so important about him? |
Well he was considered one of the greatest artists of his time and also still is thought by some. |
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What's so great about his pieces? |
His pieces were very unique and detailed |
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Did he have any enemies? |
He had some but none acted on their hatred for him. |
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How old was he when he created his art pieces? |
He created both david and pieta, before the age of thirty. |
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Did he have a nickname? |
He did actually, he used to be called "The divine one". |
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What other feats did he have? |
Well he was the only western artist who got his biography posted while they were alive. |
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What were his parents like? |
They were both small town bankers but Michelangelo's mom died of illness when he was only six. |
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What was so important about him? |
Well he was a high influence in the renaissance movement. |
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Did he have relationships? |
No one knows, all people know is that he was an open homosexual. |
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How did we know he was a homosexual? |
By the way he wrote and how he described his lifestyle. |
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How did his mom die? |
His mom died by the black plague which ran rampant during the 15th and 16th century. |
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Why is his age so important? |
Because he survived through one of the greatest disease outbreaks in history. |
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How many famous paintings and artworks did he have? |
He had numerous ones but only 10 famous pieces. |
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What was his personality like? |
He was a very confident person and cared about what people think of him. |
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Was he confident in his artworks? |
He used to destroy the sketches so people wouldn't know how hard he tried. |
