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Michelangelo
Michelangelo Major Works
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
09/16/2009

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Term
Birthdate
Definition
6 March 1475
Term
Died in
Definition
1564
Term
first recorded work of sculpture
Definition

The Lost Faun

1490

Medici Garden

Term
[image]
Definition

Battle of the Centaurs

1492

Medici gardens

Theme: Psychomachia - inner struggle

 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Madonna of the Steps

1491

Medici garden

Terms: super petram, Mary as Seer

Term
[image]
Definition

Crucifix

1492

Santo Spirito

Made in gratitude for the opportunity to study anatomy - dissecting corpses - forbidden by Church

Term
Hercules (Lost)
Definition

1493

Florence

Carved for his own pleasure

Bought by Strozzi Family

Term

1494-5

Definition
Bologna
Term
[image]
Definition

Angel Bearing Candelabrum

1495

San Domenico, Bologna

 Patron: Aldrovandi for the Tomb of St. Dominic

Term
[image]
Definition

St. Proculus

1495

San Domenico, Bologna

 Patron: Aldrovandi for the Tomb of St. Dominic

Term
[image]
Definition

St. Petronius Holding a Model of Bologna

1495

San Domenico, Bologna

 Patron: Aldrovandi for the Tomb of St. Dominic

Term
The Sleeping Cupid (Lost)
Definition

1495-6

Florence

Sent to Rome, purchased by Cardinal Riario

Salesman cheats M >> M goes to Rome

Term
1496 - 1501
Definition
First Roman Sojourn
Term
[image]
Definition

Bacchus

1496-7

Rome

Patron: Cardinal Riario / Jacopo Galli

First extent life size sculpture

Term
[image]
Definition

Pieta

1497-1500

Rome

Patron: Cardinal Lagraulas (French) 

Guarantor: Jacopo Galli

Common Northern theme, novel to Italy

M signs as M the Florentine > one of the only signed

established M as an artist

Term
[image]
Definition

Entombment (unfinished)

1500

Rome

Patron: Brothers of Sant'Agostino

 

Term
1501-5
Definition
High Renaissance in Florence
Term
[image]
Definition

David

1501-4

Florence

Patron: Cathedral Board

"Il Gigante" block of marble for the project, previously abandoned twice before M receives commission

Colossal scale, supposed to be place high on south side of the cathedral

"David w/ his slingshot and I w/ my bow" bow//sculptor's drill

departure from the prototype of triumph

shown before the battle > apprehension & courage

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Doni Madonna (Tondo format)

1503-4

Patron: Angelo Doni

Tempera Painting of the Holy Family

Shows M's unique manner - clear, sculpturesque figures, striking light/dark

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Taddei Tondo

1504

Florence

Patron: Taddeo Taddei

Mary, Jesus, & John the Baptist

John presents bird > finch//crown of thorns

Jesus frightened > humanity

Mary superpetram, Mary as Seer

Term
[image]
Definition

Pitti Tondo

1503-5

Florence

Patron: Bartolommeo Pitti

Strong image of Mary as seer

Mary super petram

Composition breaks the circular mold

Term
[image]
Definition

Bruges Madonna

1503-5

Florence

Patron: Unknown

Mary as Seer

Christ Child getting down//starting down the path to his Passion

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Battle of Cascina (copy)

1504?

Florence

Patron: Committee for Piazza della Signoria

Competing mural w/ Leo

Stylistically High Renaissance - idealized beauty of the nudes, lots of technical virtuousity

 

 

Term
March 1505
Definition
Julius calls M to Rome
Term
April 1506
Definition
M leaves back to Florence after Julius decides to focus on reconstructing St. Peters with Bramante
Term
1506-1508
Definition
Pope Julius II conquers Bologna and summons M there (after M ignores his first 3 summons back to Rome)
Term
Bronze Over-Life-Size Memorial to Julius II
Definition

1508

Bologna

Bronze casting not M's forte

Took two attempts to successfully complete

Placed on the facade of San Petronio

M returns to Florence "free of Rome"

Destroyed by Bolognese less than 4 years later

 

Term
Sistine Chapel
Definition

Built 1473

Commissioned by Sixtus IV

Ceremonial Chapel for Conclave

Built to proportions of Solomons temple -

L = 2H = 3W

Dedicated to Mary of the Assumption

Term
[image]
Definition

Zechariah

Chapel entrance

Prophecy of the man named the Branch // Della Rovere

Surrounding ancestors // Christ top of tree of Jesse

Prophecy of Palm Sunday

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Jonas

Far end of Chapel

3 Days in fish // Christ 3 Days in tomb

 

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