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Was Michelangelo the architect and sculptor of the Medici Chapel in Rome?
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∙ 13y ago
Well, the Medici Chapel is in Florence.
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Which Medici pope paid Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Pope Julius II was not of Medici family but a della Rovere.
When did Michelangelo become a sculptor?
Year 1489- Michelangelo leaves Ghirlandaio's workshop and starts to study sculpture in the gardens of Lorenzo de Medici. He lives at the Medici palace for three years in the company of the learned Humanists and sculpts his first works.
What ongoing political struggles in Rome interrupted Michelangelo's work on the Medici Chapel?
The 'Sack of Rome', an attack on Rome by Emperor Charles the Fifth's troops.
Why did Michelangelo paint?
Michelangelo began as a sculptor and completed many commissions for the Pope and the Medici family. When Pope Julius II asked him to paint the Sistine Chapel it was something he could not refuse. It is well known that Michelangelo complained often to the Pope that he was not a painter but a sculptor.
Who sponsored Michelangelo as a artist?
Medici
What Italian family helped Michelangelo?
Michelangelo Buonaroti lived in his parents' house in Florence. After the death of his mother when he was seven years old, Michelangelo lived with a stonecutter and his wife and family in the town of Settignano. When very young he was allowed to take part in sculptor training, and there he was noticed by Lorenzo "il Magnifico" dei Medici. Lorenzo then let young Michelangelo come and go in Lorenzo's home much as he pleased. He did not move into that house, though.
Who were patronized by the Medici?
One of the most famous artists patronized by the Medici's is Michelangelo.
When did Michelangelo live with the de Medici family?
he moved in with the medici family in 1489
Who discovered michelangelo?
Lorenzo de Medici
Where did Michelangelo see the Venus De Milo?
The Venus de Milo was not discovered until 1820, so Michelangelo never saw it. He was very familiar with the "Medici Venus" that was in the collection of the Medici in Florence, where Michelangelo studied sculpture as a young man.
When did Michelangelo work for the Medici family?
Michelangelo Buonarroti, who became known by his first name alone, was probably the greatest artist of the European Renaissance. The Medici were the greatest and richest family of his native Florence and patrons of self-indulgent art. Their histories are intertwined, but there was tremendous tension between them until Michelangelo left his home and the Medici for the last three decades of his life. Michelango was invited at age 14 by Lorenzo de Medici to attend his private art school.Three years later, Lorenzo died and Michelangelo lost the financial backing and social favor of the Medici family. Two years later he was invited back to court on a commission from Pierro de Medici. But that same year the Medicis were ousted as rulers of Florence under French pressure. Michelangelo fled, but returned within a year after Florence stabilized. But the only commissions offered him came from the Medici family. One work was sold to a Vatican official, who was so impressed he invited Michelangelo, now 21, to Rome. He moved between Rome and Florence until newly elected Pope Julius II gave Michelangelo his first papal commission in 1505. That led to a job in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which he completed in 1512. But Julius died in 1513, and was succeeded by Leo X of the Medici family. The two clashed as Michelangelo was commissioned to build a new facade for the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, then was frustrated at every turn of the still-unfinished project before the cash-strapped family cancelled it after three years. Amazingly, the family soon thereafter rehired Michelangelo to build a family funerary chapel in San Lorenzo. This was completed, but only by Michelangelo's assistants after his final break with the family. A public uprising in 1527 ousted the ducal Medicis, and a republic was reinstalled. When the Medici returned to besiege the city, Michelangelo stopped work on their chapel and began work strengthening the city's defenses against them. But the city fell and the Medici were reinstated in 1530. Michelangelo was completely out of favor with and for the Medici, and left Florence for good until his body was exhumed in Rome and he was re-interred -- according to his wishes -- in his native city.
What family did Michelangelo honor by creating their tombs?
The Medici.
