Michelangelo

Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art (Gilbert, Creighton E). He has impacted the world of art through his genius ideas and creations. The renaissance period would have failed to be as revolutionary as it was in Italy and the rest of Europe if he was not apart of the movement. His impact on the renaissance influenced art and society for centuries afterwards, well into modern…

But Michelangelo did not stop working nor conforming with himself even though he thought so little of himself. He definitely showed some resilience and even a tiny sliver of hope about himself deep down in his character. And now after understanding this part of his character we can say that the most identifiable aspects of his style are the non finito and the gigantic or monumental style. The first one we find mainly in his artwork and the latter in his architecture, and is first found in his…

David was sculpted by Michelangelo which he began working on 1501 and finished in 1504. This sculpture is 518 centimeters (17’ tall) and is made of marble. It was made during the Italian Renaissance. This sculpture is located in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy (Smart History, 2015). This stature was made to represent the biblical hero David, as the title suggests, who fought Goliath (Smart History, 2015). David is a young individual that battles Goliath when his older…

Today, when we see Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and Michelangelo’s statue of David, we identify both as art and comparably we recognize the beauty of the art forms that they are. However, during the Renaissance, Botticelli, a painter, and Michelangelo, a sculptor, would have been recognized as having two very distinct professions and comparison of the two would be nonexistent. Today, artists are the outsiders of society who thrive in isolation, but in the Renaissance they were very…

Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Buonarrotto. I choose him because he played such an enormous part in art history in the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, (the rebirth), was a time that artists expanded their horizon, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Also, this time period connects the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Modern Age. (Site) In this paper, I'm focusing mainly on the artwork of Michelangelo, but I can't…

“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish” – Michelangelo ("Michelangelo, his Paintings, and Sculptures"). This brief phrase from Michelangelo speaks volumes to his ambition and dedication, to which he attributes his success. “Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artists in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to one of the greatest artists of all time” (Gilbert). Though known for his poetry and architecture as well, Michelangelo’s renowned…

The Great Life of Michelangelo Michelangelo's knowledge in painting, sculpting and drawing influenced the way that western art was interpreted during the renaissance. All of this brought him to be in between the great artist of the Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Michelangelo was known as “the divine one” for his sculptures which had set a new standard for painting the human body, one in which he explains that the body was just an actor but emotionally and expressive on its own…

Date or birth and death- Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born in the year 1475 in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. He died in the year 18,1564, in Rome. What country did he reside in- Michelangelo resided in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. That was the town where he was born in. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was one month old. Where do you think he would rank in the hiarchy- What else was happening in the renaissance while he was…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is a famous Italian Renaissance artist. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. His most famous works are his sculptures David as well as Pieta and his paintings in the Sistine Chapel (Bio). Michelangelo was born in March 6th, 1475 in Caprese, Italy and died 88 years later in 1564 in Rome. At a young age, Michelangelo was sent to live with a family of stonecutters due to his mother’s illness. His mother, Francesca Neri, died when he was…

Arts Communicate The Sculpture of the Pietà by Michelangelo and the Painting of The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci are both famous artworks from the High Renaissance period. The Mona Lisa was created between 1503 and 1506, and the Pietà was created between 1498 and 1499. The Pietà is currently housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, and the Mona Lisa is currently housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The sculpture of the Pietà by Michelangelo shows the “Virgin Mary holding the dead body…