Michelangelo- Renaissance Sculptor Flashcards
When was he apprenticed?
13 years old
Who was his first patron,
How did he find Mich?
Lorenzo de Medicci
Saw Michelangelo’s copy of a Roman statue
Michelangelo went to Lorenzo’s school for sculptors, but left soon after.
Why? Where did he go?
Lorenzo died
Michelangelo went to Rome
What did mich do in Rome?
A cardinal paid him to make the Pièta
- white marble
- ‘sorrow’
- Mary holding Jesus
- only sculpture ever signed
What competition came about? Why did it? Who entered it?
An art competition in Florence
Celebrating Florence’s victory over powerful France
Da Vinci and Mich. entered
Michelangelo won the Florence Voctory competitio. With what?
White marble statue of David, 5m tall, took 40 men to carry it to Florence square
How did the painting of the Sistine Chapel come about?
In 1505 Pope Julius II paid Moch. To carve out his tomb
Then he ran out of money
Got Mich to paint the ceiling + wall of the Sistine chapel instead
Give tails about the painting of the Sistine chapel
- Took 4 years
- Lay in his back while working
- Only his servant and the pope was a allowed watch him work
- 300+ figures painted
- Painted “The Last Judgement” on the wall
Michelangelo th poet?
Michelangelo wrote 300+ love poems, some are the best ever written in Italian
Michelangelo the architect?
- Finished St.Peter’s Basilica (designed the dome)
- designed many buildings eg. The Laurentian Library in Florence.
Died?
Age 89 (1564)
Not married, no children
Said his statues were his children
Birth-Death
Birthplace
-1475-1564
Near Florence
