A look iside of the popular artist during the Renaissance Ages
Michelangelo's Events
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an influential man of the Renaissance because his artwork, sculptures, and poetry. During the Renaissance, the arts had been the influence of the turn of the century. Art in homes shown the wealthiness in society at this time
Growing up his father despised the thought of him being an artist, but rather wanted him to be a merchant.
1488- quits school to be an apprenticeship as a painter of Domenico Ghirlandaio
Michelangelo's talents earned him an invite to the rich and famous Medici's home to become a part of the Medici's Court of artists, writers, and scholars at the age of 15. This early in his life being offered such an honor had influenced his very ideas and perceptions in life.
1507- He is hired to sculpt Pope Julius III out of bronze. One year later it is placed on the facade of San Petronio. 4 years after it was melted down for a rather disturbing use of a cannon..
For 40 years Michelangelo was working on a tomb project that was going to include 40 figures (sculptures) and stand 2 or 3 stories tall, located in Rome in which the Pope Julius III instructed him to do. Only 3 pieces were actually carved; 2 slave statues that were not used and Moses which would have been the center piece for the tomb. Unfortunately this was abandoned after the Pope had other issues to pay attention to such as militarized disputes and fund scarcity. In addition new contract was drawn up after the death of Pope Julius III. This was a disappointing event for Michelangelo.
1527-1528.. The city of Florence anticipated an attack by the papal and imperial army and set Michelangelo as the Chief of Fortifications. He has to put on hold his work in the Medici Chapel and pay attention to defending the City. He flees instead and is declared a traitor and before the city is taken over he comes back and hides. Then of course the Pope wants more sculpting, therefore tells him he's promised immunity or forgiveness if he finishes (Night) & (Dawn)
During the 1530s, Michelangelo wrote massive amounts of poems. These poems had been important for the era mainly because he wrote about Humanism, as well as Neo-Platonism which in it's definition means that a human soul powered by love, could re-unite with God.
1534 - Pope Clement dies and the new Pope (Paul III) instructs Michelangelo to stop working on the Julius tomb and paint the Last Judgment above the altar of the Sistine Chapel. The last judgement was highly important for this age because within the art you could find what was happening during the time of the project itself. During this time Michelangelo was undergoing a pessimistic mood and he was concerned about the fate of his soul. The Protestant Reformation was in the midst and the Church was turning it's back on the thought of Humanism during the High Renaissance. The last judgement depict those who are going to hell tortured, in addition to the Second Coming of Christ. Portrayed terror.