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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [a] (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, [b] [1] was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, [2] and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art.
The Dream of Human Life c. 1533 Black chalk on laid paper 39.8 × 27.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London [12] The Fall of Phaëthon 1533 31.2 × 21.5 cm British Museum, London: Pietà for Vittoria Colonna c. 1538–44 Black chalk on paper 28.9 × 18.9 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston [13] Crucified Christ c. 1541 36.8 × 26.8 cm
Michelangelo however, felt that the torso was the powerhouse of the male body, and therefore warranted significant attention and mass in his art pieces. [ 32 ] [ failed verification ] Thus, the torso in the Study represents an idealization of the male form, "symbolic of the perfection of God's creation before the fall ".
According to Giorgio Vasari, shortly after the installation of his Pietà, Michelangelo overheard someone remark (or asked visitors about the sculptor) that it was the work of another sculptor, Cristoforo Solari, whereupon Michelangelo signed the sculpture. [12] Michelangelo carved the words on the sash running across Mary's chest.
In 1553 he published Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti, [1] an authorised account of Michelangelo's life over which his subject had complete control. The Vita was partly a rebuttal of hostile rumours that were being perpetuated about the artist, namely that he was arrogant, avaricious, jealous of other artists, and reluctant to take on pupils.
The Agony and the Ecstasy is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone.Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence, worked in marble quarries, and apprenticed himself to a marble sculptor.
Battle of the Centaurs was also the first sculpture for which Michelangelo eschewed the use of the bow drill. [1] Finer details of the relief were probably achieved with the use of a toothed chisel called a gradina. [8] The smooth figures of the foreground contrast strongly with the roughly hewn background, created with a subbia chisel. [1]
Evidence of Michelangelo's painting style is seen in the Doni Tondo.His work on the image foreshadows his technique in the Sistine Chapel.. The Doni Tondo is believed to be the only existing panel picture Michelangelo painted without the aid of assistants; [7] and, unlike his Manchester Madonna and Entombment (both National Gallery, London), the attribution to him has never been questioned.