Michelangelo

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Michelangelo

• Italian Artist 1475 1564
• Renaissance
• Mediums sculpture, fresco, architecture, poetry
• Significant artwork
• Pieta c. 1500 marble life size sculpture of Mary
  mourning over the body of Christ. St. Petes,
  Rome, Italy
• Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508-1512.
  Fresco. The Vatican, Rome, Italy
• David 1501-1504. 18 high marble. Florence, Italy
• Moses . 1513-1515. Approximately 8high
  marble. San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy.
• Michelangelo was a prolific artist, with a
  celebrated Italian temper. It is said that he
  received a broken nose during his apprenticeship,
  resulting from an argument with his mentor. 
• Italy was flourishing under the leadership of
  Lorenzo Medici, who began a rebirth of the arts
  called the Renaissance. Lorenzo was
  Michelangelos patron and allowed him to
  create. Another supporter of Michelangelo was
  Pope Julius II who commissioned Michelangelo to
  paint the Sistine Chapel and also design his
  tomb.

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Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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(Ceiling) Sistine Chapel 1508-1512 Fresco The
Vatican, Rome, Italy
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Michelangelo
In one of the panels on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel is the Creation of Man.
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More from the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo
David  1501-1504.  18 high marble Florence,
Italy
David
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Michelangelo
Pieta  c. 1500 marble life size sculpture of
Mary mourning over the body of Christ. St.
Petes, Rome, Italy
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Michelangelo
Moses . 1513-1515.  Approximately 8high
marble.  San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy.
Moses