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  • Michelangelo
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    In the time of the Renaissance there were many artists but one really stood out to me, he was Michelangelo. He stood out the most to me because he had some of the most beautiful work I have ever seen. He painted some of the most beautiful building that is still around today. One of the most that I enjoyed looking at was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It took him a lot of time to paint the entire building. I feel this was his best piece of art ever. He had many accomplishments that were outst...
  • Michelangelo's Life Of Painting
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    MICHELANGELO One of the most admired and successful artists of all time is Michelangelo. Although he was born in Cap rese, a small village near Arezzo, Michelangelo grew up in Florence. His father was Ludovico Buonarroti, a Florentine official with connections to the ruling Medici family. At the age of thirteen, Michelangelo was placed as an apprentice in the workshop ofDomencio Ghirlandaio. He then studied at the school in the Medici gardens. He was then invited into the Medici home where he me...
  • Michelangelo's Last Masterpiece
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    Michelangelo Michelangelo is easily one of the greatest artists of all time. His name has been synonymous with the word masterpiece. Other artists works are no match for Michelangelo's amazing creations. He created works of extreme beauty, which expressed the full extent of the human condition. Yet even this great artist had problems. He was caught between the conflicting powers of the Medici family in Florence and the Papacy in Rome. His genius, unlike many other artists of his time, was recogn...
  • Michelangelo To Rome For Two Commissions
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    During the dates 1475-1564 there were many famous painters working all around the world. One of which was Michelangelo. He painted and sculpted many famous items that are still talked about today. Michelangelo led a very busy life, as of which you will be reading about today. Michelangelo was born in 1475 in a small village ofCaprese near Arezzo At the age of 13 michelangelo's father Ludovico Buonarroti placed michelangelo in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio through connections w...
  • Statue Michelangelo
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    Michelangelo lived from 1475-1564. He was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he had a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on following Western art in general. Michelangelo's father, a Florentine official named Ludovico Buonarroti with connections to the ruling Medici family, placed his 13-year-old son in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about two years, Michelangelo studied at the sculpt...
  • Sistine Chapel Ceiling Michelangelo
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    Life of Michelangelo Michelangelo (1475-1564), arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. A Florentine - although born March 6, 1475, in the small village of Cap rese near Arezzo - Michelangelo continued to have a deep attachment to his city, its art,...
  • Two Artworks Of Michelangelo
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    "Arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general". I choose this man because he is one of the more talents and known artists in the cultural family. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) Michelangelo, the second of five brothers was born on March 6, 1475, at ...
  • Painting The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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    Michelangelo Buonarroti, born in the sixteenth century, was perhaps one of the greatest artisans of all time. He was an accomplished artist, sculptor, architect, and poet who demonstrated his great skill with the creation of many astounding works. Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in its natural state. He is remembered today as the man who had sculpted the "David" and the "Pieta", which are two of the most stunning sculptures to come out of the Ren...
  • Influence Of Michelangelo On Rodin's Adam
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    Like some artists, Rodin was not an overnight success. Even though he was rejected numerous times from art schools because of his art style, he prevailed in the end. Rodin, like many artists, got their inspiration from other great and famous artists. In Rodin's case, his inspiration came from Michelangelo. In Rodin's more famous works, one can see the similarities between the two artists' artwork. Rodin's parents were not wealthy, therefore, he was not able to attend an art school of his choice....
  • Early In The Novel Michelangelo
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    The Agony and the Ecstacy depicts Michelangelo's struggle to become the embodiment of Renaissance humanism. In the course of the novel Michelangelo must overcome the interference of his family, religious dogma, political intrigue, papal patronage, military campaigns, and artistic jealousy to realize his artistic ambition. Despite his father's opposition, twelve-year-old Michelangelo becomes an apprentice, first to painter Ghirlandaio and then to Bertoldo, a sculptor, who directs a school finance...
  • Michelangelo's Organization Of The Sistine Ceiling Frescoes
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    The Italian Michelangelo Buonarotti, almost certainly the most famous artist produced by Western civilization and arguably the greatest, is universally viewed as the supreme Renaissance artist (see Renaissance art and architecture). He created monumental works of painting, sculpture, and architecture and left an additional legacy of numerous letters and poems. Through this vast and multifaceted body of artistic achievement, Michelangelo made an indelible imprint on the Western imagination. A mem...
  • Michelangelo's Work
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    Alyssa Lynch Mrs. Lewis English Feb. 12, 2001 Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti was the greatest artist of the sixteenth century. His work includes paintings, sculptures, and architecture, all of which are very famous. Some of his more famous pieces of art are the Sistine chapel; sculpture of David, the "Last Judgment", and his four Pietas. Almost all of his works he did by himself and rarely had someone help him. Michelangelo had a different style than another artist of the time. ...
  • Michelangelo To Rome In 1505
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    Michelangelo (1475-1564), arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. A Florentine-although born March 6, 1475, in the small village of Cap rese near Arezzo-Michelangelo continued to have a deep attachment to his city, its art, and its culture throughout his long life. He spent the greater part of his adulthood in Rome, employed by t...
  • Only Sculpture Michelangelo
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    16 February 2003 Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo was one of the greatest sculptor, painter, architect and poet. His tastes were really simple; he didn't wish for luxury. He was wealthy, people took care of him, and he had good friends. He used to take daily walks no matter what the weather to stay healthy. When the weather turned bad, he used to wear a long woolen cloak that protected him from rain and cold. He ate pasta, fish, green salads, cheese and country bread. He needed l...
  • Michelangelo's Sculptures
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    Michelangelo was pessimisticMichangelo Michelangelo Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it's natural state. Michelangelo's poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo's sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered through it's many revisions tr...

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