Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance period, renowned for his sculptures and paintings. Some of his most famous works included the Pietà, David, and paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He worked extensively in sculpture, painting, architecture and poetry. Throughout his career he received commissions from the wealthy Medici family in Florence and later the Papacy in Rome.

1. Michelangelo A man paints with his brains and not with his hands -Michelangelo Miesha Thrower English H P.6 12-4-09

3. Michelangelo was caught in conflicting powers of the Medici family in Florence, and the Papacy in Rome.

4. His genius was recognized unlike some artist at the timehttp://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html/

5. Childhood Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 Michelangelo’s mother died when he was six childhood had lacking in affection, and he was always silent, shy & dispositional quick to respond with mean words. At the age of 14 he was invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, who died in 1492, after that Florence divided Lorenzo de’ Medicid http://slwa.wordpress.com/2008/04/ http://www.michelangelo.com/boun/ibio-ndex2.html

7. When Michelangelo turned 13-years old he participated in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio.

8. Michelangelo went on to study at the sculpture school at 14

9. Michelangelo began to study human anatomy.http://russellmcneil.blogspot.com/2007/08/domenico-ghirlandaio-1449-1494.html http://www.michelangelo.com/boun/ibio-ndex2.html

10. Famous Sculptures

12. Days after Pietà was placed in Saint Peter's, Michelangelo overheard someone remark that the sculpture was done by ChristoforoSolari, out of rage, Michelangelo took hammer and chisel and engraved the following inscription on the sash across Mary's breast in lapidary letters: MICHEL ANGELUS BONAROTUS FLORENT FACIBAT (Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this). This was the only work that Michelangelo ever signed. Michelangelo later regretted outburst of pride and determined to never again sign a work of his hands againhttp://crazymindseye.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/pieta-pieta/ http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html

14. He completed it from 1501-1504 when he returned to Florence.

15. …The City Council asked me to carve a colossal David from a nineteen-foot block of marble. He wrote in his dairyDavid http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/david/David_von_Michelangelo.jpg

17. This sculpture was the high point of Michelangelo’s career

18. This sculpture was commissioned for a garden See D. Summers, Michelangelo and the Language of Art (1981); R. S. Liebert, Michelangelo: A Psychoanalytic Study of His Life and Images (1983); and M. Hirst, Michelangelo and His Drawings (1988). http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bargello/bargello.html http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/michelangelo-sculptures-5.jpg

19. Medici Tombs Michelangelo structured the Medici Tombs from 1519-1534. The sculpture was of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Giuliano. This was a rare time that Michelangelo didn’t sculpt something from Christian religion. http://michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html?http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-early.html http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/michelangelo-sculptures-29.jpg

21. Sistine Chapel

22. The Last JudgmentFamous Paintings

24. companion piece to Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari

25. Work began in the autumn of 1504 and ended in February 1505The Battle of Cascina http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/4drawing/cascina/cascina1.html http://michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html?http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-early.html http://www.wga.hu/support/viewer/z.html

27. The painting is on the ceiling and tells the story of the old testaments.

28. Work began in 1508 and ended in October of 1512

29. Tennis size and 65 feet above the floor

30. He dismissed assistants B/c they weren’t good enoughThe Sistine Chapel Bonner, Neil R. Michelangelo Buonarroti N.p., 15 Dec. 2001. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://michelangelo.com/>. Path: http://michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html. Turnpike, Sherman . Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. Vol. 7. N.p.: n.p., 2002. Print. Corrick, James. The Renaissance. N.p.: Lucent Books, 1998. Print. http://j9marshall.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/creation.gif http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0B-Ceiling.jpg

31. Architecture

33. In the 1520s he designed the Laurentian Library, elegant entrance hall adjoining San Lorenzo

35. Poetry Michelangelo developed a strong relationship with Vittoria Colonna She was a poet who close friends almost lovers He wrote many sonnets about her

36. Bonner, Neil R. Michelangelo Buonarroti N.p., 15 Dec. 2001. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://michelangelo.com/>. Path: http://michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html. Turnpike, Sherman . Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. Vol. 7. N.p.: n.p., 2002. Print. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michelangelo.html http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo http://slwa.wordpress.com/2008/04/ http://russellmcneil.blogspot.com/2007/08/domenico-ghirlandaio-1449-1494.html http://crazymindseye.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/pieta-pieta/ http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/david/David_von_Michelangelo.jpg http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/michelangelo-sculptures-29.jpg http://www.wga.hu/support/viewer/z.html Kren, Emil, and Daniel Marx. "Battle of Cascina ." Web Gallary of Art Renaissance: Michelangelo-Palaces and Villas. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2009. <http://www.wga.hu/>. Sullivan, Mary A. N.p., 1999. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. <http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/bargello/bargello.html>. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/michelangelo-buildings-10.jpg http://z.about.com/d/goitaly/1/0/r/3/-/-/st-peters-basilica.jpg http://impressive.net/people/gerald/2002/10/11/14-51-06-sm.jpg Corrick, James. The Renaissance. N.p.: Lucent Books, 1998. Print. http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/76002/1/Diva-Vittoria-Colonna.jpg Works Cited