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This is a book about MichelangeloTRANSCRIPT
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ContentsI Early Life
II Sculptural Work
a) David
b) Pieta
III The Ceiling of St. Sistine
Chapel
IV Architectural Work
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Early Life
Michelangelo's portrait
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in March 6th 1475 in
Carprese and passed away in January 18th 1564 in Rome as he reached the age of
88. His father was Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti di Simoni, the Judicial
administrator of Carprese and local administrator of Chiusi. His mother died when
he was 7 years old.His father was His father sent him to Satiggnano, at here
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Michelangelo lived with a stone cutter and his wife. He became friend with stone.
This early life's experience helped him in his future career.
Although, his mother passed away when he was very young but Michelangelo
was still educated . His father sent him to Francesco da Urbino, a Humanist to
study grammar. But the young boy did not seem to interested in schooling, he
preferred to repaint the paintings from churches and seek for his leagues. At the
age of thirteen, Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghrilandaio. From
1490-1492, He attended to the Humanist academy. His teacher was Bertoldo di
Giovanni. He sculpted his first works, Madonna of the Stair (1490-1492) and
Battle of the Centaurs (1491-1492)
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Madonna of the Stairs
Battle of the Centaurs
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Bertoldo di Giovanni, Michelangelo's first teacher.
Sculptural WorkApril 8th 1492, After the death of Lorenzo de' Medici, Michelangelo left Medici
court and return to his father's house. From 1493 to 1494, he bought a huge blog of
marble and carved the statue of Hercules with the size much larger than a human
size. The statue was sent to France and had vanished since 1700s. In 1494, after a
serious snowfall, the new heir of Medici, Peiro de' Medici wanted a snow statue so
he invited Michelangelo come back to the court.
Piero de' Medici
In the same year, Savonarola rose and ruled Florence. The Medici was expelled.
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Michelangelo left Florence went to Venice and Bologna. He only recieve a small
commission from the church of Shrine of St.Dominic. In the late 1494, the political
situation in Florence was calmer as Charles VIII was defeated. Mcihelanelo came
back to Florence but he did not receive any commission from the new city
government, the Savonarola. So he return to work for the Medici. Lorenzo di
Peirfrancesco de' Medici sent his sculpture, a child St. John the Baptist to the
cardinal Raffaele Riario. The cardinal was impressed by Michelangelo's talent and
invited him to Rome.
When Michelangelo first went to Rome. He sculpted the statue of
Bachuus for the cardinal. But his statue was rejected . Later it was brought
by a banker name Jacopo Galli. Jacopo placed the statue in his garden.
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The statue of Bachuus
Michelangelo's two most famous art works were the statue of David and Pieta.
David
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Pieta
The Ceiling of St. Sistine ChapelIn 1505, Michelangelo came back to Rome and painted the ceiling of Sistine
Chapel. In the fresco of the Last Judgment, ichelangelo painted himself being fay
skin by Saint Bartholornew. At the right bottom of the fresco, there was a man who
being surrounded by a snake, this man was recognized as the treasurer of the
church, Michelangelo revenged the treasurer for paying too little for his work. The
ceiling took him for 4 years.
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The Sistine Chapel
The Last Judgment
The Creation of Adam
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The Creation of Eve
The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
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The Creation of Sun and Moon
The Separation of Land and Water
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The Separation of Light and Darkness
The Flood
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The Sacrifice of Noah
Lybian Sibyl
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Ignudi
Architectural Work
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The Launrentian Library
The Launrentian Library
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The Tomb of Pope Julius II
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The Sketch of the Tom of Pope Julius II
Medici Chapel
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The Detail of Medici Chapel
The Design of St. Peter's Basilica's Dome
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