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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Paper

Michelangelo Buonarroti

was born in 1475. He was born in a small town
called Caprese, in Tuscany, Italy. Michelangelo was one of the most famous
artists of the Italian Renaissance. According to Charles de Tolnay
Michelangelo's three greatest works of his later life, were the Tomb of Pope
Julius II, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and the Medici Chapel(37).
Michelangelo's specialty was painting the human body unclothed. In
order to learn to paint the human body so well he would dissect human corpses.
His artistic talents were noticed at a very early age. Michelangelo went to
study with Domenico Ghirlandago, who taught him about painting. He then went on
to work with Donatello to learn about sculpture. Between ...

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the age of 24 he completed a
statue called the “Pieta,” showing the dead Jesus Christ in his mother's arms.
In 1501 Michelangelo returned to Florence, Italy to sculpt the famous nude
sculpture called the “David.” The “David” measures 18 feet tall, and is so
massive that it took 40 men to move it from Michelangelo's workshop(World Book
5016)
The second period of Michelangelo's career was based upon his
imagination. In 1505 Michelangelo was summoned by Pope Julius II to fabricate
his tomb. Michelangelo was so excited about making the tomb for the Pope that
he spent many months looking for the perfect piece of marble to make the tomb.
A short time after starting the tomb Pope Julius II selected Michelangelo to
decorate the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
The Sistine Chapel is in the palace of The Vatican in Rome. The Sistine
Chapel was built by Pope Sixtus IV in 1473. The Sistine Chapel ceiling took
over four years to complete, 1508-1512. Michelangelo was able to accomplish
this ...

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Added: 7/26/2007 08:47:43 PM
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