Michelangelo

40 years after Michealangelo completed the Pieta, the German Augustine monk, Martin Luther objected to the corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, which began the Prodestant Reformation. The Reformation established rules geovening religious imagery.

"Pieta"

1. Mary appears too young. Mary was middle aged when Christ died. Michelangelo stated that chastity preserves youth. youth symbolizes her incoruptable purity.

2. Christ appears asleep instead of dead. Michealangelo states, "Christ lives forever in our hearts and minds."

3. Mary larger than Christ. Michealangelo; illistrates his feebleness in state of death.

4. Christ too youthful and relaxed. -- Christ harmoniously contained within the large pyramidal forms of his mother. To a mother, a child is alway young and the mother always protects the child.

5. Christ timeless idealized image. --

6. Mary appears to gaze incestously at Christ.

Growing up in the Renaissance era was enough for anyone to find a love for all things artistic. People like Caravaggio, da Vinci and Verocchio all walked around, or in Carvaggio's case - ran - and these people were influential, they influenced and inspired other wannabe artists. Michelangelo was more or less born into the world of sculpture, growing up near a marble quarry where he sought the company of many aspiring artists and learned to make figures with stone and chisel. From there, he learned the skills and ways of drawing and the art of portraying something or someone in all their glory. He never really painted, unless commissioned to do as as he did in fact know how. He was forced to paint, and he did it with all the complaints of an Italian genius who usually hammered his way through tons of marble. In his 20's he began The Pieta, he was 25. This sculpture, depicting Mary holding the lifeless body of her son, was to become a huge success in the art world, and so it - even now - centuries later it looks as beautiful. Everything went uphill for him there. The little boy who loved to draw, ended up being in the run for an achievement so great it rivalled the genius of Leonardo da Vinci - to become the greatest Italian artist of the time. Scratch that - the greatest artist to have ever lived. . .

It's not a painting but a sculpture, the original is housed in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, where it attracts many visitors. A replica is on display in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.

Leo Da Vinci was never married so of course he was single. But there is too little evidence to know with certainty if he was straight or gay. He was never interested in women and lived with a famous homosexual called Gian Giacomo Caprotti Da Oreno who was also an artist.

Michelangelo had indeed created impressive sculptures and paintings, however his work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is the most impressive; it took 4 years to complete, and all of it had fine and precise detail.

He painted the chapel in three levels with scenes from the Bible and the prophets of the Old Testament. In the center was Adam touching the hand of God. This central figure represents the Neoplatonic philosophy that man could communicate with God without an intermediary like the Church.

They both painted and sculpted amazing sculptures and paintings.

formalism

Bernini's David has started to use the slingshot. Michelangelo's David is just observing the enemy.

it is called 'Iconography"

There were no schools for art in those days. You were apprenticed to a competent artist who taught you.

Its simply the sculpting of ice, (making sculptures from ice) they use many types of tools, such as: chain saws, grinders w/ arbortec type bits, rotary files, blow torches, etc. (torches are used to melt and/or smooth rough edges).

longer than it took me to drw a smiley face on a page in my text book

She was Important for her poetry

It is mainly false. Michelangelo's art is High Renaissance, but you can also feel the Baroque approaching.

David is a character of the Old Testament who defeated a much bigger enemy. Florence liked to equate themselves with him.

In my country (Bulgaria), there's an old book called 'The diary of Michelangelo - the mad' by Ronaldo Kristofanelli (I believe the original is in spanish), but I can't find anything similar in english. I don't know if it's his original diary or made by the autor bassed on Michelangelos letters.

It is believed that his oldest painting was one of the front angel and the landscape in the painting known as The Baptism of Christ. This was a work ordered by the cloister S. Salvi and finished around 1475 (or1476) in collaboration with his mentor Andrea di Verrochio.

Donatello dad was Niccolo di Betto Bardi. His mom is unknown.

As a matter of fact Michelangelo did not really fancy himself as a painter. Hhe was a sculptor, that was what he wanted to do. He did paint the Old Testament scenes in the Sistine Chapel because the Pope ordered him to. He also painted a couple of smaller biblical scenes, oil on canvas. Not much more.

In the Old Testament David was a young boy who had to meet the gigantic Philistine warrior, Goliath. There are several versions, made by famous sculptors. Michelangelo shows David focusing on the enemy.

Of course he did, but he is said to have been difficult to get along with.

The Medici were a banking family from Florence, Italy. They gave loans in turn for more money (interest). And they were very smart with their monmey....paying for artist such as Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. A very helpful link on the Medici: go to google and look up The Medici Family on PBS and is shpuld come up.=Hope this helps!=