Natural Context: environment in which the art was made Despite its religious subject matter and location in the Renaissance tradition of papal patronage of art, Michelangelo's sprawling fresco across the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican impresses many contemporary viewers with its visu...

Michelangelo Buonarrati (1475-1564) 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 ...

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 ...

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...

Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo's poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he was complimenting him. Michelangelo's ...

Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of all time. He excelled in architecture, sculpture, painting, poetry, and engineering. He was a true Renaissance man who lived a long emotional life. In the painting "The Last Judgment," Michelangelo was able to incorporate all that he had learned abou...

Many consider Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to be the greatest achievement in Western art, having inspired countless artists to use its styles and motifs in their own work. Since its unveiling 490 years ago, this complex masterpiece has transfixed countless viewers th...

Irvine Stone's novel "The Agony and the Ecstasy" captures the life and work of the artist, Michelangelo. Within the biographical novel are themes that signify the artist's talent and expression by the form of his masterpieces as well as his life experience. Such themes as Transcendence/Permanenc...

In 1505, Pope Julius II called upon Michelangelo to come to Rome and construct his tomb. Michelangelo was a well-known artist at the time and although he was hesitant to take the job, he knew it was a chance for him to build a monument that he hoped would be remembered not only as a tomb for a grea...