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Contents I Early Life II
Sculptural Work a) David b) Pieta
III The Ceiling of St. Sistine Chapel IV
Architectural Work
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Early Life
Michelangelo's portrait
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in March 6th 1475 in Carprese and passed away in January 18th 1564 in Rome as he reached the age of 88. His father was Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti di Simoni, the Judicial administrator of Carprese and local administrator of Chiusi. His mother died when he was 7 years old.His father was His father sent him to Satiggnano, at here
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Michelangelo lived with a stone cutter and his wife. He became friend with stone. This early life's experience helped him in his future career. Although, his mother passed away when he was very young but Michelangelo was still educated . His father sent him to Francesco da Urbino, a Humanist to study grammar. But the young boy did not seem to interested in schooling, he preferred to repaint the paintings from churches and seek for his leagues. At the age of thirteen, Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghrilandaio. From 1490-1492, He attended to the Humanist academy. His teacher was Bertoldo di Giovanni. He sculpted his first works, Madonna of the Stair (1490-1492) and Battle of the Centaurs (1491-1492)
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Madonna of the Stairs
Battle of the Centaurs
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Bertoldo di Giovanni, Michelangelo's first teacher.
Sculptural Work April 8th 1492, After the death of Lorenzo de' Medici, Michelangelo left Medici court and return to his father's house. From 1493 to 1494, he bought a huge blog of marble and carved the statue of Hercules with the size much larger than a human size. The statue was sent to France and had vanished since 1700s. In 1494, after a serious snowfall, the new heir of Medici, Peiro de' Medici wanted a snow statue so he invited Michelangelo come back to the court.
Piero de' Medici In the same year, Savonarola rose and ruled Florence. The Medici was expelled.
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Michelangelo left Florence went to Venice and Bologna. He only recieve a small commission from the church of Shrine of St.Dominic. In the late 1494, the political situation in Florence was calmer as Charles VIII was defeated. Mcihelanelo came back to Florence but he did not receive any commission from the new city government, the Savonarola. So he return to work for the Medici. Lorenzo di Peirfrancesco de' Medici sent his sculpture, a child St. John the Baptist to the cardinal Raffaele Riario. The cardinal was impressed by Michelangelo's talent and invited him to Rome. When Michelangelo first went to Rome. He sculpted the statue of Bachuus for the cardinal. But his statue was rejected . Later it was brought by a banker name Jacopo Galli. Jacopo placed the statue in his garden.
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The statue of Bachuus Michelangelo's two most famous art works were the statue of David and Pieta.
David
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Pieta
The Ceiling of St. Sistine Chapel In 1505, Michelangelo came back to Rome and painted the ceiling of Sistine Chapel. In the fresco of the Last Judgment, ichelangelo painted himself being fay skin by Saint Bartholornew. At the right bottom of the fresco, there was a man who being surrounded by a snake, this man was recognized as the treasurer of the church, Michelangelo revenged the treasurer for paying too little for his work. The ceiling took him for 4 years.
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The Sistine Chapel
The Last Judgment
The Creation of Adam
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The Creation of Eve
The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
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The Creation of Sun and Moon
The Separation of Land and Water
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The Separation of Light and Darkness
The Flood
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The Sacrifice of Noah
Lybian Sibyl
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Ignudi
Architectural Work
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The Launrentian Library
The Launrentian Library
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The Tomb of Pope Julius II
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The Sketch of the Tom of Pope Julius II
Medici Chapel
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The Detail of Medici Chapel
The Design of St. Peter's Basilica's Dome