Michelangelo by Olivia West https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq Favorite links about leadership. en-us 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC 2023-03-16 04:11:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Michelangelo continued to sculpt and paint until his death, although he increasingly worked on architectural projects as he aged. His work from 1520 to 1527 on the interior of the Medici Chapel in Florence included wall designs, windows and cornices that were unusual in their design as well as proportions and introduced startling variations on classical forms. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678363 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678363 Michelangelo received commission to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling as a consolation prize of sorts when Pope Julius II temporarily scaled back plans for a massive sculpted memorial to himself that Michelangelo was to complete. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678366 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678366 From the 1530s on, Michelangelo wrote poems; about 300 survive. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678367 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678367 The cardinal wanted to create a substantial statue depicting a draped Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms, a Pietà,to grace his own future tomb. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678370 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678370 Unlike many artists, Michelangelo achieved fame and wealth during his lifetime. He also had the peculiar distinction of living to see the publication of two biographies about his life. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678373 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678373 Between 1501 and 1504, Michelangelo took over a commission for a statue of "David," which two prior sculptors had previously attempted and abandoned. He finished it andit turned into a dominating figure. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678374 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678374 Michelangelo received commissions from some of the most wealthy and powerful men of his day, including popes and others affiliated with the Catholic Church. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678375 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678375 In about 1513 to 1515 he carved the Moses, which may be regarded as the realization in sculpture of the approach to great figures used for the prophets on the Sistine ceiling. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678377 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678377 Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy, the second of five sons. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678378 2018-03-08 14:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239678378 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is one of the best known of his works today. oliviawest https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239682505 2018-03-08 14:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/oliviawest/9rpmqkshw5yq/wish/239682505