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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
CENTRO DE MATERIALES Y
ENSAYOS SECCIONAL BOGOTA
TALLA DE GEMAS PARA JOYERIA
23 DE ABRIL / 2011
M IG U E L A N G E L B U O N A R R O T I
1475 - 1564
B o rn M a rch 6 , 1 4 7 5 in th e
sm a ll v illa g e o f C a p re se n e a r A re zzo , F lo re n ce circu
m scrib e d re g io n ( th e b irth p la ce o f Ita lia n
R e n a issa n ce ) . H is fa th e r d i L u d o v ico B u o n a rro ti S i
m o n i L io n a rd o w a s a n o fficia l o f th e F lo re n tin e M e d
ici fa m ily .
His first serious steps in painting were in
the study of Ghirlandaio
another Italian gifted teachers, who were
stunned to see the
creations of Michelangelo, which do
not mimic their own and other
disciples of his school.
At 22, Miguel Angel sculptures for the
Vatican: The Pieta (La
Piedad, marble of 174 centimeters in
height and width of 195), in the Basilica
of San Pedro, work unmatched in
the history of European art. Added to this
are the frescoes painted in the Sistine
Chapel, admired since its creation.
Teachers insurmountable at that
time and that set the rules of
painting are: Giotto and Leonardo. Nobody ex
pected the appearance of something
higher. However, the works of
Michelangelo beyond all expectations.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Michelangelo was a
man of stature of elderly, white hair, long
beard, dark, thin, and death occurs at age
89. poet, sculptor and painter.
His hobbies were sculpture and poetry.
T H E H O LY FA M ILY
When Michelangelo's Florentine
period corresponds to the Holy Family in the
Uffizi (also called Doni tondo), a work in
which these actions are already being Mannerist,
the body of the virgin contorts a
somewhat implausible, and background appear na
ked teenagers have
significantly offset with religious themes.
S IS T IN E C H A P E L