Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo
di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (commonly known as “Michelangelo”) was
born on 6th March 1475. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect,
poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance. He was responsible for
influencing and development of the Western art. He was considered for
the title of archetypal Renaissance man, as he showed versatility in
arts and other forays.
Childhood
Michelangelo
was born in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany. He was born to father
Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, who was at a government post in
Caprese, and mother Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena. After
Michelangelo's birth, the family returned to Florence, where
Michelangelo was raised. At later times, during his mother's prolonged
illness and after her death in 1481, when he was just six years old,
Michelangelo lived with a stonecutter and his wife and family in the
town of Settignano, where his father owned a marble quarry and a small
farm.
Education
Young
Michelangelo started his studies under the Humanist Francesco da
Urbino, but showed no interest. He was more inclined towards copying the
paintings from churches and get along with other painters. In, 1488, at
the age of 14, Michelangelo apprenticed the great artist Ghirlandaio,
and worked under his guidance.
Career
His
first notable work came in 1498-99, when he sculptured Pieta, St
Peter’s Basilica. Later in 1505, he carved out the most famous and
renowned sculpture ‘The Statue of David’. He came in talks when he gave
four years of hard work to paint the ceiling of Sistine Chapel in the
most creative manner, from 1508-12.
During
early 1530s, Michelangelo shifted to Rome, there he produced the wall
painting of ‘The Last Judgement Day’ for which he took 7 years to
complete starting in 1534.
At the End
In
his old age, Michelangelo created a number of Pietas depicting
mortality. Some of the known last works of him were Pieta of Vittoria
Colonna and Florentine Pieta. Later, he died a natural death in his old
age on 18th February 1564.
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