"He was celebrated as the greatest artist ever because of his great work in the areas of sculpting, painting, draughtman, architecture, and poetry" Tazartes 431.. Michelangelo is one of
Trang 1Michelangelo was great in every aspect of art "He was celebrated as the greatest artist ever because of his great work in the areas of sculpting, painting, draughtman, architecture, and poetry" (Tazartes 431) He has painted many great paintings and wrote many poems in his life He is known for being a central figure in the history of art (Tazartes 431) Michelangelo is one of the greatest artist of all time because he was able to change his style to fit the period of time, painting, scupultering, archieturter ability, and his influence in art
Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1945, in Rome When Michelangelo was young, his dad, Ludovico Buonarroti, placed him in an art workshop He was there for about two years
Michelangelo then started to study sculpture at a special school at the Medici Garden After a short stay in the class, he was invited to stay at the house of Lorenzo De' Medici, a great painter
By the time he turned sixteen years old he had already published two sculptures As a student in Rome he was called "Universal Genius" (Tazartes 431) His drawing career lasted over seventy years, and he was able to change his style to fit the period of time Michelangelo was able to do as many as three projects at a time He was a great sculpturer early in life, and then he learned how to draw and paint Michelangelo was also a very religious man He was a Catholic and most of his drawings and paintings resemble his beliefs in his art work
From 1508 through 1512, Michelangelo's time was occupied by The Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Pope died in 1513, and then Michelangelo signed a contract with Julius to build a tomb, but it had
to be finished within seven years (Tazartes 436) However, Michelangelo's attention was not on the tomb exclusively After Leo X's election Michelangelo was hired to refurbish the facade on the Papel Chapel in Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome Between 1514 and 1521 he signed several
contracts to sculpture and paint art Another contract was signed with Julius to build a smaller Julian Monument, and it was drawn up in 1516 (Tazartes 436) Many people think that Julian's Tomb was not Michelangelo's best work, but this only the media's idea about his work (Hirst 98)
Michelangelo was also a great painter He produced a few easel paintings His ambition was truly seen in his paintings (Hartt 19) Michelangelo was painting pictures early in the 16th century During that time he was making some cartoons, but very few were published "One of his
cartoons, Battle of Cascina, was highly influential, but the cartoon somehow disappeared"
(Tazartes 442) The Sistine Ceiling is one of Michelangelo's greatest paintings It is probably his most well known piece of art It is difficult to understand the importance of the Freccoes, paintings
on glass, on The Sistine Chapel (Tazartes 443) The Pope asked Michelangelo to redo the ceiling because the Pope thought that the gold background with blue stars where lame (Tazartes 443) Michelangelo had many drawings to pick from, but he decided to go with the twelve Apostles design Some of Michelangelo's late work was also really good, like The Last Judgment Gilio Da Fabiano didn't like Michelangelo, so he tried to destroy his reputation by saying that
Michelangelo's painting was no good, but according to most, it was one of Michelangelo's greatest painting (Hartt 29) In 1534 Michelangelo was picked to paint The Altar of The Sistine Chapel (Tazartes 447) "The painting was still given a bad reputation by Gilio Da Fabiano" (Hartt 30)
Michelangelo was also able to draw with the best of them Most people use their drawing ability
to get an education, but Michelangelo used drawing as a way to express his feelings (Tazartes 449) Many of Michelangelo's drawings became collector items during the 1800's hundreds, but most people didn't accept the drawings Michelangelo gave his drawings as gifts during special holidays (Tazartes 450) During the 20th century many people started to accepted his drawings
Michelangelo was also an architect One great piece he did was for the Medici Family It was a miniature model for Leo X's Chapel at Castel Sant'Andelo, Rome It looked like Julius tomb, but
Trang 2it didn't have that much sculpturing work "The miniature model for Leo X's Chapel at Castel Sant'Andelo, Rome took him a long time to complete, because there was some many details which need to be perfectly placed" (Tazartes 449)
"Michelangelo is probably the greatest figure in art" (Tazartes 431) Michelangelo was able to do some many things at once which influenced many people, and those peopledidn't realize how great Michelangelo's art was until his death Many people think Michelangelo was sent by God to paint, draw, and sculpture Michelangelo became a very powerful person during his lifetime He was great friends with most of the kings and queens in most of the countries (Tazartes 455)
Michelangelo didn't leave any teaching notes for any of his followers
Michelangelo is one of the most talented artists ever, and he was one of the creators of the Roman High Renaissance with Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo affected the lives of many people Michelangelo drawings, paintings, sculpturing, and architecture work is still very popular in today's society Michelangelo will still be the most influential artist leading into the 21st century
Work Cited
Harrt, Frederick Michelangelo New Haven: Harry Abrams, 1984
Hirst, Michael Michelangelo and His Drawings New Haven: Yale, 1992
Tazartes, Maurizia The Dictionary of Art Vol 29 New York: Grove, 1996