Michealangelo Buonarrati
Michelangelo was truly one of the greatest artists that ever lived. Considered a master artist by his own generation he was very highly sought after and respected by true art coinsurers of the renaissance period. Many artists and musicians are not recognized as Masters until years after their death. Michelangelo was definitely held in high regard during the Renaissance period and throughout the ages. He was a very hard working, diligent artist who was never satisfied with his own work. He had very close ties with the Roman Catholic Church as many of his works depicted either Biblical scenes or characters. He used many types of medium to create his work but considered himself primarily a sculptor. Michelangelo Buonarrati was born in a town called Caprese and grew up in Florence, Italy. Growing up in Florence had a great impact on his life because Florence was the hub of much of the artistic boom that occurred during the Renaissance period. Most of his young life he struggled with his parents between schoolwork and the art he so loved. At age thirteen his father allowed him to become the apprentice of Domenico Ghirlandaio a painter who taught him the art of Fresco painting (painting on w
et stucco). At age fifteen he moved into the house of Lorenzo de' Medici a leading political figure and patron of the arts. It was during this time he developed a love for poetry, literature and sculpting. He met and studied with Giovanni who taught him the styles of Donatello one of the 15th centuries greatest sculptors. He also learned a philosophy called Neoplatonism- a theory that the body is a trap for the soul that longs to reach out to God. The influence Michelangelo had on artist who followed him reached far and wide. Mannerism was a name later given to the style of the artist who painted and created in this unique Renaissance style. It can be recognized by the twisting poses and elongated figures and seemingly strange looks on the subjects' faces. Michelangelo was one of the true genius masters of this style and pushed all the boundaries expressing his desire to portray a thought or image. Michelangelo was a very religious man and spent many hours studying the scriptures which had a great influence on a lot of his work. He did very few works that were not religious based in one form or another. He also rubbed shoulders with a lot of very wealthy men as well as leaders of government and the Church. He was commissioned by several Popes to do work on churches, tombs and various religious artifacts of the Renaissance period, including one of his most famous works the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was a relentless artist who preferred the hard work of marble sculpting to any other form or medium. His early works in Marble show his genius and skill. Pieta and Bacchus show how he paid such careful attention to intricate detail and refinement. His skills are truly defined in one of his greatest works called David, a seventeen foot marble statue of the biblical character David the King of Israel. He spent many years studying the human anatomy by dissecting corpses, which he used to perfectly replicate muscles, veins, and movement to show t
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