Michelangelo

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. It is one of the key signature pieces of art from the ‘High Renaissance’ period (1497 ~ 1527). Michelangelo wrote over three hundred poems, sonnets […]

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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, to build statues for ‘The Pope’s Tomb.’ 50 years of interruptions made the task incomplete by the time Michelangelo died. Although he died in Rome

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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 poems, sonnets and madrigals. ‘To the Supreme Being’ by: Michelangelo BuonarrotiThe prayers I make will then be sweet indeedIf Thou the spirit give by which

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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 is further down the page. Michelangelo wrote over three hundred poems, sonnets and madrigals. ‘Dante’ by: Michelangelo BuonarrotiWhat should be said of him cannot be

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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: Michelangelo BuonarrotiWhen the prime mover of many sighsHeaven took through death from out her earthly place,Nature, that never made so fair a face,Remained ashamed, and

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