Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564
Why?
- I chose this artist because he is well-known
- influenced a new style of art
- very original
by Jacopino del Conte
Facts as an artist:
- influenced the development of Western art.
- Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
- Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime
- first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive
The Pietà (1498–1499)
- housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
- This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion
- Balances the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with naturalism
The Statue of David (1501-1504)
- The statue represents the Biblical hero David
- represents the defeat of Goliath(Greek myth)
- David's pose not really obvious that he's heroic
- symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic
Sistine Chapel
- is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace
- Took about 4 years to complete
- one of his most famous painting
- The first mass in the Sistine Chapel was celebrated on August 9, 1483
