1. MICHELANGELO

2. MICHELANGELO

3. ABOUT MICHELANGELO
• He was a great Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
• He was born near Florence in Italy in 1475.
• As a young boy he showed great artistic talent and was apprenticed to
Ghiflando.
• Lorenzo de Medici recognized his talents and became his patron and treated
him as a member of his family.

4. ABOUT MICHELANGELO
• When Lorenzo died, Michelangelo moved to Rome. There he sculpted the
Pieta (the pitty) a marble statue of the dead Christ in his mother's arms.
• Michelangelo later returned to Florence and sculpted a five metre high statue
of the biblical character David.

5. ABOUT MICHELANGELO
• Back in Rome Michelangelo was hired by Pope Jullius II to paint scenes from
the Old Testament on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It's a fresco this
means painting on wet plaster it took four years to complete.
• Michelangelo also painted The Last Judgment behind the alter of the
Sistine Chapel.

6. ABOUT MICHELANGELO
• Before his death he designed the great dome of St. Peters Basilica. This
shows that he was a gifted architect as well as a great sculptor and painter.
• Michelangelo died and was buried in Rome at the age of 89. He was
reburied in Florence.

7. STATUES
THE PIETA STATUE OF DAVID

8. PAINTINGS
CREATION OF ADAM