michaelagelo
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known as the greatest sculptor of the sixteenth century. He was known in the same magnitude as Donatello in the fifteenth century and Bernini in the seventh century. Michelangelo was not only a renowned Italian Renaissance sculpture and painter, but also an architect and poet. He “exerted an paralleled influence on the development of Western art”(Encyclopedia Britannica, 1994). The Artist that is known around the world simply as, Michelangelo resisted a paintbrush. He often claimed that his only tool would be the chisel. Born at Caprise, in Tuscany on March 6, 1475, he was the second of five boys. Even though he was born in Tuscany, he considered himself from Florence. This loyalty to Florence would later help shape his life. He was sensitive about being considered an artist, and treated as if he “ran a shop”. Michelangelo would later profess that his family paid taxes and held government posts in Florence for three hundred years. This would place him among the city’s upper echelon. With this would come wealth, land, and social status,
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Church Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Holding Syrian, Tuscany March, David Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance, Julius II, Buonarroti Simoni, Buonarroti Florence, sistine chapel, , michelangelo painter, architect poet, buon fresco, julius ii, personal style, pope julius ii, painter sistine chapel, painter sistine, pope julius,
Approximate Word count = 764
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
