If Michelangelo Buonarroti were to paint a picture of a Renaissance gentleman and painter, it would most likely look like himself. He grew up in a moderately wealthy family with him being an apprentice to a painter for the royal Medici family. His life was full of great artistic accomplishments, such as creating the sculpture David, the interior painting of the Sistine Chapel, and probably his most famous painting, The Last Judgement. The legacy that Michelangelo Buonarroti left behind for the future generations was the resides in all of his best painting and sculptures, which people still pay to see everyday. Michelangelo Buonarroti, or just Michelangelo, was a Renaissance sculptor and artist who was one of the most revered of his time, only behind Leonardo da Vinci
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In this chapel, he painted over 5000 square feet of frescoes on the ceiling. Millions of people still visit the Sistine Chapel, a lot of them for the sole reason of seeing the marvelous works of Michelangelo Buonarroti across the whole place. Michelangelo Buonarroti, or the “father and master of all arts” left behind so much for everybody to see. He had left a large part of western artistic civilization that was studied and revered to this day. Although he never invented anything, like Leonardo, he was still regarded as a genius of his time, and one of the greatests artist who ever lived. His art is still avidly visited by millions of tourists every year, due to the immaculate understanding of human anatomy and highly complex drawing techniques. Throughout his long eighty eight year life, he accomplished so many things, not only in the artistic field, but many things as a scholar. Without all of his amazing accomplishments, many things would be different today. Museums would have an empty void where his work would and should be, artists would have one less inspiration to look up to, and the Sistine Chapel would be artistically empty
In this chapel, he painted over 5000 square feet of frescoes on the ceiling. Millions of people still visit the Sistine Chapel, a lot of them for the sole reason of seeing the marvelous works of Michelangelo Buonarroti across the whole place. Michelangelo Buonarroti, or the “father and master of all arts” left behind so much for everybody to see. He had left a large part of western artistic civilization that was studied and revered to this day. Although he never invented anything, like Leonardo, he was still regarded as a genius of his time, and one of the greatests artist who ever lived. His art is still avidly visited by millions of tourists every year, due to the immaculate understanding of human anatomy and highly complex drawing techniques. Throughout his long eighty eight year life, he accomplished so many things, not only in the artistic field, but many things as a scholar. Without all of his amazing accomplishments, many things would be different today. Museums would have an empty void where his work would and should be, artists would have one less inspiration to look up to, and the Sistine Chapel would be artistically empty