Michelangelo_Buonerroti

Jennifer & Brett


 * Michelangelo**

Timeline: 1. Born March 6, 1475 2. Paints Birth of Venus, 1485 3. Becomes apprentice of Domenico Ghirlando 1487 4. Carved St. John the Baptist and the Sleeping Cupid 1495 5. Move to Rome 1496 and carved Bacchus 6. Begins carving Pieta, which he finishes a year later, 1498 7. Returns Florence and receives commission to carve David 15018. 8. Completes David 1504, and receives commission to paint the battle of Cascina 9. 1505 completes the Doni Tondo, Taddei, Tondo, Pitti Tondo, Bruges Madonna 10. 1505 commisioned for Tomb of Pope Julius II 11. 1508 painted Sistine Chapel Ceiling and finished it in 1512 12. 1513 Signs 2d contract for Tomb of Julius II 13. 1527 commissioned to crave Hercules which he never completed 14. 1530 carves Apollo 15. 1532 visited Rome, met Tommaso de Cavalieri, the love of his life (Morgan 1-25)

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Summary- 1. He was sent to the school of a famous painter named Ghirlandaio. One day he corrected the outline of one of his teacher's figures and suddenly it came to life. Ghirlandaio decided that the boy was really a sculptor and not a painter. Michelangelo was sent to a school for sculptors (Ripley 8). 2. Under the guidance of Lorenzo the magnificent, Michelangelo made great improvements and became a brilliant sculptor who would bring fame to Florence. He then came to live with Lorenzo the magnificent. With Lorenzo he was surrounded by all the best known philosophers, poets, and artists. Michelangelo was only 15 at the time (Ripley 10). 3. Michelangelo was fascinated with old Greek myths and he loved the strange creatures that made up the stories. He sketched a battle from a greek myth on a block of flat marble. "The Battle of the Centaurs" was a violent sculpture and one of Michelangelo's first (Ripley 12) 4. Michelangelo spent alot of his time at the hospital of San Spirito where he learned to make wonderful drawings of the human figure (Ripley 16) 5. For over a year Michelangelo carved two statues for a wealthy nobleman named Aldovrandi (Ripley 20) 6. Michelangelo had finally began to make money for his works. (Ripley 20) 7. Michelangelo was only 25 when he finished "The Pieta", but he was famous. He carved his name on the broad ribbon which runs across the Virgin's breast. He carved Madonna and Child for his Church in Bruges. In Florence's City Hall was a narrow block of marble which the city council refused to give away but the gave it to Michelangelo and he carved the figure of "David", the boy who killed Goliath. The Church bells rang out joyously as David was placed on the pedestal (Ripley 22) 8. Michelangelo drew a picture of a majestic tower tomb of marble. It had eight stories and was decorated with 40 statues. Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo to make this his tomb and followed the progress of the tomb excitedly. Julius lost interest with the tomb after a year and Michelangelo fled Rome (Ripley 34). 9. One year later Julius summoned Michelangelo once again and decided to have the sculptor paint pictures on the ceiling of his private chapel. Michelangelo was reluctant but Julius paid no attention. Michelangelo studied the chapel and decided he would tell the history of man kind from the creation of the universe to the birth of Christ. Michelangelo's work on the Sistine Chapel Ceiling started in 1508 and ended four years later. After the completion of the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo was viewed as one of the best artists of his time (Ripley 36)


 * Social (accomplishments) || Political || Economic ||
 * -painted Sistine Chapel Ceiling (Ripley 56) || -he carved "David" for Florence City Hall (Ripley 22) || -he received commission to paint (Ripley 20) ||
 * -sculpted "David" (Ripley 22) || -fled Rome after Pope Julius II lost interest in his tomb (Ripley 34) || -he carved "Madonna and Child" for his church in Bruges (Ripley 22) ||
 * -painted "The Battle of Cascina" (Ripley 15) || -he came back to finish the tomb of Pope Julius II (Ripley 35) || -viewed as one of the best artists of hims time (Ripley 36) ||
 * -carved "Apollo" (Ripley 20) || -he was fascinated by Greek myths and it showed in his works || -went to a school under Ghirlandaio (Ripley 8) ||
 * -made the tomb of Pope Julius II (Ripley 34) || -spent time at the hospital of San Spirto sharing his works (Ripley 16) || -he carved two statues for a wealthy nobel man named Aldovrandi (Ripley 20) ||

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Morgan, Charles. __The Life of Michelangelo.__ New York, New York, Reynal & Company, Inc., 1960

Works Cited Ripley, Elizabeth. __Michelangelo__. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. Morgan, Charles. __The Life of Michelangelo.__ New York, New York, Reynal & Company, Inc., 1960 “Michelangelo Buonoratti.” __Web Gallery of Art__. 25 Feb. 2009 .

Michelangelo Quiz- (write answers on a separate piece of paper)
 * 1) What kind of artwork did Michelangelo start working with at a very young age?
 * 2) What was the name of the man Michelangelo made a tomb for?
 * 3) Name two of his most famous paintings.
 * 4) What was his inspiration?
 * 5) Where did he learn that he was a sculptor?
 * 6) Who was ghirlandaio?
 * 7) Where is the Sistene Chapel?
 * 8) Why did his father send him away?
 * 9) Where are the two places Michelangelo lived throughout his life?
 * 10) Was Michelangelo a wealthy man?