Michelangelo Art
Michelangelo Buonarroti (March 6, 1475, Caprese, Tuscany - February 18, 1564, Rome), commonly known as Michelangelo, an Italian High Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. His artistic achievements were of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Da Vinci.
Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all times. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists of all time, a man whose name has become synonymous with the word "masterpiece". As an artist he was unmatched, the creator of works of sublime beauty that express the full breadth of the human condition.
Michelangelo is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pieta and the David, were sculpted in his late twenties to early thirties. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential fresco paintings in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Later in life he designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and revolutionised classical architecture. His dome for St. Peter's became the symbol of authority, as well as the model, for domes all over the world. The majority of state capitol buildings in the U.S., as well as the Capitol in Washington, D.C., are derived from it.
Giorgio Vasari proposed that Michelangelo was the pinnacle of all artistic achievement since the beginning of the Renaissance, a viewpoint that continued to be influential in art history for centuries. In his lifetime he was also often called Il Divino (the divine one), an appropriate name given his intense spirituality. One of the qualities most admired by his contemporaries was his sense of awe-inspiring grandeur, and it was the attempts of subsequent artists to imitate Michelangelo's impassioned and highly personal style that resulted in the next major movement in Western art after the High Renaissance, Mannerism.
Michelangelo, who was often arrogant with others and constantly dissatisfied with himself, saw art as originating from inner inspiration and from culture. The figures that he created are forceful and dynamic, each in its own space apart from the outside world. Fundamental to Michelangelo's art is his love of male beauty which attracted him both aesthetically and emotionally. Such feelings caused him great pain, and he expressed the struggle between platonic ideals and sexual desire in his sculpture, drawing and his poetry, too, for among his other accomplishments Michelangelo was the great Italian lyric poet of the 16th century.
Disregarding Da Vinci, Michelangelo could possibly be the greatest artist and sculptor who has ever lived. His paintings and sculptures have changed the meaning of art forever.
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- Battle, 1492
- Madonna of the Stairs, 1492
- Angel with Candlestick, 1495
- Bacchus, 1497
- Pieta, 1499
- Pieta (Detail), 1499
- David, 1504
- David (Detail), 1504
- Madonna (Tondo Pitti) (Detail), 1505
- Madonna and Child, 1505
- Madonna and Child (Detail 2), 1505
- Madonna and Child (Detail), 1505
- The Doni Tondo (Detail), 1506
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, Drunkenness of Noah (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, Drunkenness of Noah (Detail 3), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, Drunkenness of Noah (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Flood (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Flood (Detail 3), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Flood (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Sacrifice of Noah, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Sacrifice of Noah (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Sacrifice of Noah (Detail 3), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Sacrifice of Noah (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Delphic Sibyl, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Delphic Sibyl (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Delphic Sibyl (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Erythraean Sibyl, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Erythraean Sibyl (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, David and Goliath (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, David and Goliath (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, Judith and Holofernes (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Isaiah, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Isaiah (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Isaiah (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Joel, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Joel (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Joel (Detail), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Zechariah, 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Zechariah (Detail 2), 1509
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Zechariah (Detail), 1509
- Entombment, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 2, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Adam, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Adam (Detail 2), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Adam (Detail 3), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Adam (Detail 4), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Adam (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Eve (Detail 2), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of Eve (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Expulsion from Garden of Eden, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Fall (The Original Sin), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Fall (The Original Sin) (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Garden of Eden, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Garden of Eden (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Cumaean Sibyl, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Cumaean Sibyl (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Ezekiel, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Ezekiel (Detail 2), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Ezekiel (Detail), 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 1, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 10, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 11, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 12, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 13, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 14, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 15, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 16, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 17, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 18, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 2, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 3, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 4, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 5, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 6, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 7, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 8, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, The Ignudi, Ignudo 9, 1510
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 2, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 2 (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 2 (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 3, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Ancestors of Christ 3 (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants (Detail 3), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Separation of Land and Water, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Separation of Land and Water (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Separation of Light from Darkness, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Book of Genesis, The Separation of Light from Darkness (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Libyan Sibyl, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Libyan Sibyl (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Five Sibyls, The Persian Sibyl, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, Punishment of Haman (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, Punishment of Haman (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, The Brazen Serpent (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Pendentives, The Brazen Serpent (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Daniel, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Daniel (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jeremiah, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jeremiah (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jeremiah (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jonah, 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jonah (Detail 2), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jonah (Detail 3), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Seven Prophets, Jonah (Detail), 1511
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Achim and Eliud, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Achim and Eliud (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Achim and Eliud (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Amminadab (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Amminadab (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Amminadabi, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Joram (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Joram (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Azor and Zadok (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Azor and Zadok (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Eleazar and Matthan, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Eleazar and Matthan (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Eleazar and Matthan (Detail 3), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Eleazar and Matthan (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon (Detail 3), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jacob and Joseph, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jacob and Joseph (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jacob and Joseph (Detail 3), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jacob and Joseph (Detail 4), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jacob and Joseph (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jesse, David, and Solomon, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jesse, David, and Solomon (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Jesse, David, and Solomon (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Josiah, Jechoniah, and Shealtiel, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Josiah, Jechoniah, and Shealtiel (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Josiah, Jechoniah, and Shealtiel (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Nahshon, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Nahshon (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Nahshon (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Rehoboam and Abijah, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Rehoboam and Abijah (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Rehoboam and Abijah (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Salmon, Boaz, and Obed, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Salmon, Boaz, and Obed (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Salmon, Boaz, and Obed (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz (Detail), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Zerubbabel, Abiud, and Eliakim, 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Zerubbabel, Abiud, and Eliakim (Detail 2), 1512
- Sistine Chapel, Lunettes, Zerubbabel, Abiud, and Eliakim (Detail), 1512
- Slave Dying (Detail), 1513
- Moses (Detail), 1515
- Christ Carrying the Cross (Detail), 1521
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment, 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 2), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 3), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 4), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 5), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 6), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 7), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail 8), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment (Detail), 1541
- Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment, Christ the Judge, 1541
- Rachel and Leah, 1545
- The Conversion of Saul (Detail 2), 1545
- The Conversion of Saul (Detail 3), 1545
- The Conversion of Saul (Detail 4), 1545
- The Conversion of Saul (Detail), 1545
- Pieta, 1550
- Pieta (Detail), 1550
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter (Detail 2), 1550
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter (Detail 3), 1550
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter (Detail 4), 1550
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter (Detail 5), 1550
- The Martyrdom of St. Peter (Detail), 1550
- Pieta Rondanini (Detail), 1564
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Renaissance
Michelangelo
Art, life and biography.
Michelangelo's David.
Michelangelo's Pieta.
Sistine Chapel. High Renaissance Masterpiece.
Sistine Chapel. Book of Genesis.
Sistine Chapel. The Ignudi.
Sistine Chapel. Seven Prophets.
Sistine Chapel. Five Sibyls.
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Sistine Chapel. Pendentives.
Sistine Chapel. The Ancestors of Christ.
Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgement.
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