Michelangelo
Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
"The greatest artist of all time,the best-documented artist of the 16th century (Michelangelo was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive.)."
A bizzarro e fantastico , a man who "withdrew himself from the company of men."
| Born |
March 6,1475
Caprese near Arezzo, Republic of Florence (present-day Tuscany, Italy)
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| Died |
18 February 1564 (aged 88)
Rome, Papal States (present-day Italy)
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| Known for | Sculpture, painting, architecture, and poetry |
ART WORKS
Despite holding a low opinion of painting, he also created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art.
The scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
The Last Judgment on Sistine Chapel's altar wall.
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre (17 ft 0 in),marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of civic government in Florence, in the Piazza della Signoria, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
-Michalangelo
-Michalangelo
-Michalangelo
