tell me about michelangelo?

Question

Does anyone know anything about michelangelo? and how he changed art making's history? i need some big answers. anything would be great!

:) thanks to anyone who helps

Answer 1

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling was his most famous work.
In April 1508, Michelangelo was summoned back to Rome by Julius II, Julius II had a new job for him: painting twelve figures of apostles and some decorations on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Buonarroti, who had always regarded himself as a sculptor, would now have to perfect the art of fresco. It seems that the pope had been advised to make this move by Bramante and other artists working at his court, who did not take kindly to Michelangelo's presence: "And this thing they did with malice, to distract the pope from matters of sculpture; and since they were sure that he, either by not accepting this undertaking, would turn the pope against him, or by accepting it would do much less creditable work than Raphael of Urbino, to whom, out of hatred for Michelangelo, they gave every support."

At first, Buonarroti tried to turn down the commission, but in vain. And then, during the realization of the work, that mysterious liking that the artist and the pope had, at bottom, for one another yielded its fruit. Julius II let himself be swayed by Michelangelo's creative frenzy, and both were carried away by their enthusiasm over more and more ambitious plans. So, Michelangelo was given carte blanche: by October 31st, 1512, he had painted over 300 figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

In May 1508, Michelangelo began to make the preparatory designs for the Sistine ceiling. It was not until the fall that he started the actual painting, calling on the assistance of Giuliano Bugiardini, Aristotele da Sangallo, and his old friend Francesco Granacci, along with a number of laborers.

However the work did not proceed as the master wished, and he soon fired all of his assistants, removed what had already been painted and, between the end of 1508 and January 1509, recommenced the whole demanding enterprise on his own. Condivi recalls that "as a result of having painted for so long a time, keeping his eyes fixed on the ceiling, he saw little when he looked down; if he had to read a letter or some other small thing, he was obliged to hold it above his head."

Extremely jealous of his work, he refused to show it to anyone but the pope, though the latter was always insisting that he finish it quickly, and often climbed the scaffolding to see how the fresco was proceeding. The pressure on the artist was such that he uncovered it in August 1511, even before it was finished. The sight of these highly original paintings made a great impression on the artists of the time. Raphael, who was painting the nearby Stanze, was so influenced by them that his own style altered as a result, becoming more plastic and sculptural as the decoration proceeded.

The project was physically and emotionally torturous for Michelangelo. Michelangelo recounts its effect on him with these words: "After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become."

Working high above the chapel floor, on scaffolding, Michelangelo painted, between 1508 and 1512, some of the finest pictorial images of all time. On the vault of the papal chapel, he devised an intricate system of decoration that included nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, beginning with God Separating Light from Darkness and including the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood. These centrally located narratives are surrounded by alternating images of prophets and sibyls (Libyan, Erythraean) on marble thrones, by other Old Testament subjects, and by the ancestors of Christ. In order to prepare for this enormous work, Michelangelo drew numerous figure studies and cartoons, devising scores of figure types and poses. These awesome, mighty images, demonstrating Michelangelo's masterly understanding of human anatomy and movement, changed the course of painting in the West.


How about that??

Answer 2

For one thing, the story of how David came to be is quite interesting. There was an old marble column lying in an alley for about 100 years and they held a contest to determine what artist would get to carve it. The stone was rotting out on one side, so that part was unusable. Michelangelo won the contest, and sculpted David. David's body is leaning in a strange way because Michelangelo had to design David around the crumbling, rotten place in the marble.

It's interesting that sculptors were not respected as artist's back in Michelangelo's time, perhaps because of the intense labor involved and that it is dirty work. Painters were considered true artists. Michelangelo was paid only 600 Florens to sculpt David; at the same time a painter was paid 3000 Florens to paint a painting. It was discovered later that the canvas for that painting was improperly prepared and the paint literally slid off of it.

Michelangelo invented muscles in his sculptures to suit his artistic tastes.

Answer 3

You can find all you want to know about Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni at wikipedia. Here's the site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo

Some proclaim him to be the greatest artist of the past two millenia but that is obviously very debatable. I'm an Umberto Boccioni and Pablo Picasso fan myself :)

Good Luck.

Answer 4

He was a high-priced interior decorator who worked for corrupt priests and degenerate nobles. His so-called paintings are over-glorified kitsch. Really vulgar stuff. On top of which he did not know how to paint women. He just took men and painted on the breasts. He did some OK sculpting, but too bombastically massive and boastful for refined art lovers to give more than a second-glance to.

Answer 5

Michelangelo was far from angelic
But he was artistic
From on high
He painted
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Which was
More than
Heavnly.

Answer 6

look, there is no code. The whole mary and jesus are wearing the reverse of each other's clothes in the last supper is simply an effect. So are the two guys to jesus right. besides it's not like Da vinci was there when it happened.THERE IS NO CODE.

Answer 7

He was partial to handsome fellows like myself. He was an real nuisance at times. But he was usually very busy earning money from the Medici family. He spend it as fast as he made it on his favorite pastime -- we have said enough about that. (i might know you. are you in calif. and mother is sue?)

Answer 8

He sculpted the perfect embodiment of the male sex [David] in all his hotness.