Chapter 7 Flashcards
As an infant he was sent to live with
It was there that he truly learn to see
A stonecutter and his wife
Form in a way no other has
They recognized early on that he was-he was sent to school at age-but his mind and heart were focused on-
He preferred-to-subjects
Talented, 7, art
Art, academic
Michelangelo went to-at the age of-to the leading-of Florence, Italy
Apprentice, 14, painter
His contract included
Three years of instruction
Housing and meals
Small allowance
He was required to do–along with-and learning-he became more interested in-and was recommended to a school for-Michelangelo studied there from-to-becoming more like an–to his teacher
Menial chores, drawing, technique, sculpting, sculpting, 1488 to 1492, adopted son
After the death of his beloved teacher, he went to the-to study the-
Hospital, dead
He learned the-body systems,-,-and-. He is this knowledge to create his many paintings and sculptures
Human, organs, muscles, skeleton
Lucky break!
-he was-by—to sculpt 40 marble sculptures in the-he was to be buried in
1505, commissioned, Pope Julius the second, tomb
Sistine chapel ceiling took - years
Four
What did he paint on the front wall
The last judgment
How big was ceiling
10,000 square feet
68 feet off the floor
Technique used
Fresco in 3ft sections
He designed- large panels in the center of the ceiling, organized in groups of -
9, 3
Themes included
1- creation
2- creation of Adam and Eve
3- the original sin and expulsion from the garden
4- Noah/ the flood/ Noah’s drunkenness
5- OT Prophets
6- Greek sibyls
Deadline
All saints day 1512
