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| Michelanglo di Lodovico Bunarroti Simoni |
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| 1482 school of Francesco da Urbino |
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| Nickname in grammar school |
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| “The Greek” due to the knowledge of that language |
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| 1488 Workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio for three years (against the normal practice of the times, Michelangelo received a salary) Learned the technique of fresco painting |
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| Painting done on plaster while it is still wet |
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| 1490 worked (as part of Ghirlanaio’s workshop) on the decoration of the central chapel |
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| 1490 stayed with the Medici’s and studied the sculptures |
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| Impressed with Michelangelo took him in as an adoptive son. Michelangelo’s father was rewarded with a position at the Florentine customs for this arrangement. |
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A political dynasty, banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de’ Medici in the republic of Florence during the late 14th century. Lorenzo died in 1492
Following his death the following years were marked with bankruptcy and fall of the Medici’s |
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| Arca(Arc) of San Domenico |
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| Michelangelo went to Balogna and executed several marble statuettes for the church of Arca San Domenico in 1495 and 1495 |
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| Made in 1496 after returning to Florence |
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| Invited Michelangelo to move to Rome |
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| A statue Michelangelo made in Rome in 1496 |
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1498 signed a contract with Cardinal San Diogini with the backing of Jacopo Galli
Completed the Pieta in 1499 and it was placed in St Petronilla Chapel, in the 18th century it was moved to its present location. |
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| Commission to make Pope Julius’s tomb in 1505. The initial project included 40 statues. The pope died in 1513. The tomb’s size was reduced and a new contract was drawn in 1513 between Michelangelo and the heirs of the pope. |
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San Pietro in Vincoli
Saint Peter in Chains |
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| Final tomb for Pope Julius II carried out under Michelangelo’s supervision in 1545. He was 70 and spent almost 40yrs working on the tomb |
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| Known as the Doni Tondo, commissioned by Angelo Doni now hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. |
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| Was to be placed beside the statue of David in Piazzi Signoria. Michelangelo completed a model which is now in the Casa Bunonarroti. Eventually a Hercules was finished and sold to an admirer who transferred it to Fontainebleau. The statue is now lost. The statue that now stands in Piazza Signoria is by Baccio Bandinelli who used the marble set aside for Michelangelo |
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May 10 1508, Depiction of Creation on the ceiling.
Painted in fresco finished on October 31, 1521. Michelangelo was only 37 upon its completion but was regarded as a master |
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| The shallow barrel ceiling is divided up into alternating small and large and small architectural panels. This painting technique is used to create the illusion of architecture and ‘tricks the eye’, (it’s meaning in French) |
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Is surrounded by four figures of nude youths
• Ignudi- seated on architectural frame and do not take part in the histories
• Prophets and Sibyls
• Figures of the Ancestors of Christ |
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Begin over the alter and work away from it
• First scene – God alone and the act of creation
• The story continues through the rest of creation
• To the fall of man
• Then progresses toward the Flood and the
• Drunkenness of Noah |
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| Executed for Bartolomeo Pitti, now at the Museo Mazionale del Bargello, in Florence |
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| Painted below the histories on the ceiling and foretold of the coming of Christ |
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| The four corners of the ceiling are painted with scenes from the old testament representing Salvation |
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| Painted above the alter, since the three days he spent inside the whale were believed to refigure the Resurrection. |
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| Painted on the lowest part of the ceiling – and very freely painted |
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February 20, 1513
He was followed by a Medici Pope, Leon X |
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| Giovanni de’ Medici became pope after Julius II died, the younger son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, had known Michelangelo since boyhood. |
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| Another Medici, Giovanni was elected to pope |
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| Interrupted the work of the Medici chapels |
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Medici family church in Florence, Michelangelo was commissioned to design the façade. Only four blocks of marble reached Florence due to problems with bad roads and overlords of Carrara.
In 1520 the project was taken from Michelangelo and all work was abandoned. Up to this date the church remains without a façade. |
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17 feet tall
6 tons of Marble
The marble given up as lost, was badly begun by Antonio Rossellino
Michelangelo promised to deliver David in 2yrs
Began in September 1, and finished in April 1504
Initially placed in Palazzo Veccio |
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| The statue of David was originally commissioned as one of the statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline. The statue was instead placed in public square of Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence. David’s eyes with a warning glare were turned toward Rome. |
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| Academia Gallery, Florence |
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| 1873 to protect the David from damage it was moved into the museum. A replica was placed in the Piazza della Signoria in 1910. |
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| Council Hall, in Palazzo Vecchio |
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| 1504 Michelangelo was commissioned by Pier Doderini to paint a fresco opposite of one by Leonardo do Vinci. His subject was the ‘Battle of Cascina’. The fresco represents Florentine troops surprised by enemy troops while bathing in the River, so it became known as ‘The Bathers’. Work was interrupted when Pope Julius called him to Rome in March 1505. |
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| Interrupted the Council hall in Florence to call Michelangelo to Rome and commission him to work on his tomb |
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| The Madonna of the Stairs |
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1490 - 92 marble the earliest surviving work of Michelangelo. A bas-relief.
Completed while staying with the Medici’s as a young teen. Was likely a style he picked up after seeing the cameos and Donatello’s rilievo schiacciato (low relief) at the Medici household.
Now housed in the Casa Buonarroti in Florence |
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| Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs |
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| C 1492 is hailed as the most advanced figure composition of its time. Centaurs was completed by Michelangelo by the time he was just 16 years old while living with the Medici’s. Now housed in the Casa Buonarroti in Florence |
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| A sculpture of shallow depth on a flat surface |
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c. 1503 created to celebrate Florentine weaver Agnolo Doni’s wedding. Painted in tempers on wood and resin (diameter 47 ½ inches)
Now housed in the Galleria Uffizi, Florence
Doni in Italian means “gifts”. Mary and Joseph seem to be presenting the child as a gift to the world. |
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| Meaning round were popularized in Florence and symbolized marriage |
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| 1514 a statue was commissioned and should have been done in 4 years. Michelangelo abandoned the work halfway through because of defective marble. He tried to fulfill the commission years later with another block of marble, but it was completed by another hand in 1521 |
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| 1520 Michelangelo began work and was to build a “New Sacristy”, where four of the Medici were to be buried. Giuliano and Lorenzo de’ Medici set over their tombs. symbolizing the Active and Contemplative Life above the symbols of Time and Mortality. (Day and Night, Dawn and Evening) |
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1524 the same year Michelangelo resumed work on the Medici Chapel he was commissioned to build the Library in the cloister of San Lorenzo
Together with the Medici Chapel the library is considered as a turning-point in architectural history. |
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| 1498 – 1499 signed a contract with French Cardinal Jean di Billheres call Called San Diogini by the Italians and the backing of Jacopo Gallo. |
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Michelangleo heard the pieta credited to Christoforo Solari of Milan, and shut himself into the chapel and engraved his name across the sash MICHAELA[N]GELUS BONAROTUS FLORENTIN[US] FACIBA[T] (Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this)
He later regretted his outburst of pride and swore to never sign another work
Completed in 1499 it was placed in the St. Petronilla Chapel
In the 18th Century it was moved to its present location in St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City |
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| Mary’s Youth criticized in Pieta |
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| Michelangelo claimed that chaste women maintain their freshness far longer than the unchaste. And how much more would this be in the case with a virgin, an unsullied bloom of youth. |
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| Following the death of his father and the pope Michelangelo left Florence, and settled in Rome |
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| Commissioned to continue work in the Sistine chapel, and painted this on the alter wall. He fell from the scaffolding and hurt himself in January, but still finished the work in 1541. It was as much reviled as it was praised. |
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| An artistic style focused on the human form, in intricate poses in exaggerated, not always realistic settings. Developed in Florence and Rome between 1520 and 1600 paintings contained artificial color and unrealistic proportions |
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| He had the private parts of the Last Judgment covered by having Daniele de Cortona, nicknamed “the Breeches maker” paint drapery. The drapery was not removed during the restoration with John Paul II as pope. |
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| Commissioned two more frescoes for his private chapel, the Paoline chapel, started on 1542 and finished in 1550. The subjects are the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixation of St. Peter |
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| Michelangelo was made Supreme architect, sculptor and painter of the Apostolic Palace, attached the Papal household |
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| He remolded the surrounding buildings on the Capitoline hill, the civic and political center of Rome. Remodeling two of the palaces, notably the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Michelangelo came up with an original design for the square, including an intriguing ground pattern. |
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| Characterized by an oval shape, and a series of lines on the ground made with stripes that lead to the centre. In the center is placed a statue of Emperor Marcus Aureoles, one of the few remaining examples of ancient Roman bronzes. |
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A monumental staircase leading from the bottom of the hill the new capitol square.
At the top of the staircase are statues of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) holding their horses |
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| Michelangelo did not regard his written work highly, calling it “something foolish” |
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| His poems were first published by his grand-nephew, also called Michelangelo |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
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| An American philosopher who translated Michelangelo’s poems into English |
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| Chief architect of the New St. Peter’s, he reinstated the previous design, and began planning the cupola |
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| Pope Paul III died and was succeeded in February 1550 by Julius III |
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| He redesigned the Church of the Company of Jesuits (the Jesuits)commissioned by St. Ignatius |
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| Pope Julius III died of gout |
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| Cosimo I, Ruler of Florence wrote to Michelangelo, and begin carving a third Pieta for his tomb. Not satisfied with his work, he broke the statue and gave the pieces away. It was eventually put together again and placed in the Museo dell Opera del Duomo |
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| Church of S. Giovanni dei Florentinie |
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| 1560 Michelangelo sent Cosimo I drawings and a clay model of which was constructed under his supervision. |
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| At 85 Michelangelo offer to the Pope was refused. |
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| On 1561 the cornerstone of this building was laid, designed by him |
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| It was feared he had died following a seizure, but it proved a false alarm and he was soon on his feet again, 1563 he was reported to be in perfect condition. |
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| Because of his age, envious colleagues succeeded in taking some of the project and risked making the building unstable. He told Pope Pius IV of the problem which he solved and had the incompetent architect removed |
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| Palestrina Pieta for which very little information is known, possibly the work of another sculptor. It was sculpted in and ancient Roman marble and in the Rosalia Chapel in the Barberini di Palestrina Palace. |
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At the age 89, February 18, 1564
His body was placed in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Rome, and 3 weeks later transported to Santa Croce in Florence. where a funeral service took place in the church of St. Lorenzo and the artist was placed in the church of Santa Croce |
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| He had been working until a few days before his death on this sculpture. A near abstract work in which Mother and Son merge, it is a world apart from his original Pieta done some 65years later. It is now in a Castle in Milan |
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| Bernini and Carlo Maderno |
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| Continued Michelangelo's work on his last pieta and St. Peter’s |
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