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Michelangelo 3 - Paper

Michelangelo 3

One of the most admired and successful artists of all time is
Michelangelo. Although he was born in Caprese, a small village near Arezzo,
Michelangelo grew up in Florence. His father was Ludovico Buonarroti, a
Florentine official with connections to the ruling Medici family. At the age of
thirteen, Michelangelo was placed as an apprentice in the workshop of
Domencio Ghirlandaio. He then studied at the scuplture school in the Medici
gardens. He was then invited into the Medici home where he met the two
Medici boys who would later become Popes Leo X and Clement VII.
Michelangelo produced two sculptures while in the House of Medici, the Battle
of the Centaurs and the Madonna on the ...

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Another of his greatest works in the large
marble sculpture David, which he produced between 1501 and 1504. The
expression on David’s face is termed terribilita, a characteristic of many
Michelangelo’s figures. He was later called back to Rome by Pope Julius II in
1505 for two duties. First, Michelangelo painted the frescoes on the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel. For nearly three years Michelangelo painted lying on his
back on scaffolding. His second duty was to paint nine scenes from Genesis on
the vault of the papel chapel, which include God Separating Light from
Darkness, the Creation of Adam, the Creation of Eve, the Temptation and Fall of
Adam and Eve, and the Flood. Before the assignment of the Sistine Chapel,
Michelangelo had been ordered by Pope Julius II to make the pope’s tomb. He
wanted it to be the most magnificent tomb of Christian times. Due to the lack
of money, Pope Julius II ordered him to finish the Sistine Chapel. In 1536,
Michelangelo started ...

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Added: 11/21/2006 01:45:31 PM
Category: American History
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