Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is an Italian artist from the Renaissance, the age of reformation, and an inspiring man who has left behind his story. The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti has been surrounded by the arts since he was brought upon the earth. The famous Michelangelo Buonarroti, who was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet, experienced a life filled with achievements. Without the existence of Michelangelo Buonarroti throughout the Renaissance, art today would have the…

Michelangelo was an extraordinary artist who contributed enormous physical and educational pieces of art to the world. Arguably one of the most spectacular pieces of art in human history was his vaulting painting, The Last Judgement, available for viewing in the Sistine Chapel. The overall process of producing this painting and Michelangelo’s personal beliefs and life were both incredibly influential throughout these 20 months. As Adrienne DeAngelis outlined in her article describing the…

was someone who dreamed his painting and painted his dream. As a young child, Michelangelo wished to be an artist, but his wish did not match his family's business. At the age of 13, Michelangelo's father sent him to an art workshop in Florence, and after only one year of being there, Michelangelo was offered a life changing opportunity which marked the beginning of his professional artistic career. Today, Michelangelo is known as the "father and master of all the arts", his work is wildly…

scene on the Sistine ceiling of the nine scenes. Michelangelo created his image of God creating man and the world. Another well-known Sistine work was the Last Judgment on the wall behind the church altar. The Last Judgment was more personal because Michelangelo add people he disliked and himself in this painting in an unfavorable manner. All the works of art mentioned here were commissioned by people of high status or related to the church. Michelangelo had an important work relation with the…

Michelangelo Buonarotti is enormously viewed as a standout amongst the most compelling craftsmen of the Renaissance. He is optically peddled as an indistinguishably equivalent to Leonardo da Vinci and Rafael. He was a genuinely a Renaissance man, an artist, a craftsman, a stone carver and an engineer. A renaissance man is a man who is learned or capable in a mixed bag of fields. Indeed past his sublime painted creations and models, Michelangelo was kenned for his verse, his building design…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni first declared himself a sculptor before he was an architect, a poet, an engineer and lastly a painter of the High Renaissance era. Michelangelo was known to the general public and high society as an artist who created groundbreaking works of art and held exceptional influence over Western art for years to come. One of his works of art that held revolutionary influence was the statue of David, this statue stood over 17 feet high and even higher on it’s…

Michelangelo Buonarotti, a name that has become almost synonymous with the High Renaissance, is arguably one of the most skilled sculptor and artist of his time. Sculptures such as the Pietá was the reason why Michelangelo became a highly regarded sculptor. Pope Julius II saw that Michelangelo had talent and an aptitude for making captivating religious interpretations in the form of some type of artwork. What Julius II did not see was the prideful side of Michelangelo which made things difficult…

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…

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was a famous sculptor, painter and architect whose work in the Sistine Chapel is widely known to be one of the greatest pieces of fresco work in the Italian Renaissance. Every year millions of people travel to Vatican City to see his impressive artwork. Not only is the Sistine Chapel an attraction for art lovers, but for Christians the Sistine Chapel is considered to be one of the holiest chapels. The Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483 and named…

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (figure 1) located in Vatican City in Rome, Italy fits in with my theme of beauty that I chose for my final paper. Italian artist, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. At first, Michelangelo refused saying he was a sculptor and had no experience as a fresco painter. However, he quickly changed his mind and accepted the commission and then…