Michealangelo Buonarrati
Michelangelo was truly one of the greatest artists that ever lived. Considered a master artist by his own generation he was very highly sought after and respected by true art coinsurers of the renaissance period. Many artists and musicians are not recognized as Masters until years after their death. Michelangelo was definitely held in high regard during the Renaissance period and throughout the ages. He was a very hard working, diligent artist who was never satisfied with his own work. He had very close ties with the Roman Catholic Church as many of his works depicted either Biblical scenes or characters. He used many types of medium to create his work but considered himself primarily a sculptor. Michelangelo Buonarrati was born in a town called Caprese and grew up in Florence, Italy. Growing up in Florence had a great impact on his life because Florence was the hub of much of the artistic boom that occurred during the Renaissance period. Most of his young life he struggled with his parents between schoolwork and the art he so loved. At age thirteen his father allowed him to become the apprentice of Domenico Ghirlandaio a painter who taught him the art of Fresco painting (painting on w
Michelangelo was a relentless artist who preferred the hard work of marble sculpting to any other form or medium. Michelangelo was also commissioned to design or continue construction on several churches and buildings including Saint Peter's Basilia and the Piazza Del Camidoglio, which was to become the center of civic and political action in Rome. The detail he worked so hard to bring out in his sculpting is wonderful. He fought with Pope Julius II telling him he was not a painter but a sculptor. He stood on scaffolding looking up for hours upon hours. Michelangelo was one of the true genius masters of this style and pushed all the boundaries expressing his desire to portray a thought or image. I have to say I was not impressed by these styles until I sat down to write this report. " The colors and uses of the colors were vague. " I find myself in this same position. When I first undertook this project I really didn't like the art that came from this period of time. At age fifteen he moved into the house of Lorenzo de' Medici a leading political figure and patron of the arts. In these images can be seen the compilation of all the years of studying the human body, the Bible, man's soul, his own revelation and belief of what is to come for man after death and or the tribulation. His early works in Marble show his genius and skill. He spent many years studying the human anatomy by dissecting corpses, which he used to perfectly replicate muscles, veins, and movement to show the true mannerism of the human body. The more I read and study Michelangelo's gift and eye for capturing humanity as well as his vision of the relationship between God and man the more I want to see! I feel myself saying look again, now look a little closer.
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