MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

EARLY LIFE

• Birthdate: March 6,1475
• Born in: Caprese Italy
• Interested in art at 13 years old

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OCCUPATION

• Sculptor
• Painter
• Architect
• Worked in Rome

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT

• Sistine Chapel Ceiling
• 1505
• Pope Julius II had Michelangelo sculpt a tomb with 40 life-size statues
• He worked on the tomb off and on for decades

SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING

• 1508- Michelangelo was asked to return to Rome for a less expensive project
• 12 apostates on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

SISTINE CHAPEL AND HUMANISM

• Shows Michelangelo's appreciation of human form

MICHELANGELO'S HUMANISTIC BELIEFS

• Believed in human form
• He would be as realistic as possible in his sculptures
• Went into great detail in his art work

Wise Words of Michelangelo
"I'm not in a good place,I'm no painter"
"If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all."

SOURCES

• Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library
• Emjayarthistory.blogspot.com/2012/ol/humanism-and-renaissance-art.html
• Michelangelo.org
• Biography.com/people/michelangelo-9407628
• "History.com." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2016. .
• "Examples of Humanism." YourDictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2016. .