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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on 6 March 1475 [c] in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence ; but the bank failed, and his father Ludovico briefly took a government post ...
(English: "Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Florentine made this") The signature echoes one used by the ancient Greek artists Apelles and Polykleitos. It was the only work he ever signed. Vasari also reports the anecdote that Michelangelo later regretted his outburst of pride and swore never to sign another work of his hands. [13] [14]
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David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
Night is a sculpture in marble (155x150 cm, maximum length 194 cm diagonally) by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti. Dating from 1526–1531, it is part of the decoration of Michelangelo’s Sagrestia nuova (New Sacristy) in the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy.Night is part of an allegory of the four parts of day.
Kimbell Art Museum, purchased from Sotheby's auction, Catalogue of Old Masters sale (Lot No. 69), 9 July 2008 by Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, as "Workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio". Subsequently purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas and attributed to Michelangelo. [10] [11] Madonna and Child with Saint John and Angels
The poses were copied by other Renaissance artists, including Bartolommeo Bandinelli and the workshop of Raphael (for The Baptism of Constantine). [134] Some have suggested that the ignudi could represent angels, similar to cherubs. [135] [136] [t] O'Malley compares them to sculptures of Atlas or Michelangelo's Slaves from Julius II's tomb. [121]
The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo), also known as The Creation of Man, [2]: plate 54 is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508 –1512. [3]