Michelangelo's Pieta
Michelangelo's Pieta In 1497, the French ambassador, Cardinal Jean de Bilhères-Lagraulas, commissioned him to carve the famous Pietà, showing the Virgin Mary grieving over the body of her son, Jesus....
Renaissance Artist Michelangelo – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Michelangelo In 1488, young Michelangelo was apprenticed to Ghirlandaio, who was coincidentally called upon to do interior art for the Sistine Chapel. He returned to Rome from Florence in 1505,...
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) Nickname: 'Il Divino' (the divine one)
Michelangelo's Last Judgement
Michelangelo's Last JudgementMichelangelo's mammoth (nearly 45 by 40 feet) painting 'Last Judgement.' The Last Judgment is painted on the Sistine Chapel altar wall in Rome. Michelangelo wrote over three hundred...
Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's DavidMichelangelo's 'David' statue is probably the most famous nude man of all time. Few of Michelangelo's sketches exist, once completed, he often destroyed his designs.The 'uncensored version of David...
Adam and Eve by Michelangelo
Adam and Eve by MichelangeloMuch of Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel was based on Old Testament Bible stories.Michelangelo wrote over three hundred poems, sonnets and madrigals. 'Vittoria Colonna*' by:...
The Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel took approximately four years to complete (1508–1512), the entire ceiling was painted while on his back.Some of the nudity within his artwork...
The Battle of Cascina by Michelangelo
The Battle of Cascina by MichelangeloAristotele da Sangallo's drawing of Michelangelo's work is all that remains of 'The Battle of Cascina' (fought on July 28, 1364 between the troops of...
Genesis (Creation of Adam) by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Genesis (Creation of Adam) by Michelangelo BuonarrotiGenesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The 500 square foot art includes nine stories from The Bible, Adam and Eve,...