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Michelangelo’s works include:
 the „David‟ (1501-1504)
 The Sistene Chapel ceiling
(1508-1512)
 The Last Judgement (1534-1541)
 The „Pieta‟ (1498-1499)
 Madonna of the Stairs (1491)
 Battle of the Centaurs (1492)
 The torment of St Anthony
(1487-1488)
 The tomb of Pope Julius II
(1505-1545)

Michelangelo
Buonarroti was born in
Caprese near Florence
where his father was
the local magistrate
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In 1488,
Michelangelo
was
apprenticed to
the painter
Domenico
Ghirlandaio
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His primary
works were sculpture
in these early years
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Michelangelo
Buonarotti
(1475-1564)

As a result of
his 'Pietà’ he
returned to
Florence a
famous
sculptor
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Michelangelo's
was commissioned
by Pope Julius
II to paint the
ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel
in the Vatican
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In 1534, Michelangelo
returned to Rome and was
commissioned to paint 'The
Last Judgement' on the
altar wall of the Sistine
Chapel
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“Every block of stone has a
statue inside it and it is the
task of the sculptor to discover
it
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With him the
human body is architectonic matter for
the construction of dreams
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 Leonardo was a
‘Renaissance man’
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 He was also interested in;
nature, mechanics, human
anatomy and weaponry
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His mother married another man
when he was very young and she
began a new family
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In 1506, Leonardo returned to Milan, along
with a group of his assistants, including
Francesco Melzi, his closest companion
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He died at Cloux at age 67 and was buried in
the Palace Church of Saint Florentin
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Some of his completed
works include:
 The Mona Lisa (1503)
 The Last Supper (1495-1497)
 The Virgin of the Rocks (14831486)
 The lady with an Ermine (14891490)
 St John the Baptist (1513)
 Portrait of Ginevra Benci
(1474)
Sigmund
Freud“like a man
who awoke
too early
in the
darkness,
while
others were
all still
asleep
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However, his father appreciated
his artistic talent and
apprenticed him to Andrea del
Verrochio (a painter and
sculptor) at age 15
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Da Vinci’s inventions
were very advanced for
his time
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Technical advances in art
during the High
Renaissance:
 Oil paints: further
developed by Titian and
Giorgione (1477-1510)
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 Linear perspective
 Chiaroscuro
 The invention of the
printing press

Sometimes referred to as a
‘convergence of talent’ due to
the concentration of skilful
artists in such a small area
during a relatively short period
of time
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The Protestant
Reformation in the
early 16th century was
led by Martin Luther
(1483-1546) and
resulted in extreme
religious and
political tension
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This interest in selfportraiture reflected the artists’
newfound status at the time
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Many classical ideals were
implemented in High Renaissance
painting and sculpture, such as:
 Harmonious and symmetrical
composition
 Closely observed human figures
 Humanism
 An ambitious scale
 Decorative references to
classical antiquity
 Movement

The High
Renaissance

(1490s1527)
Andrea Palladio and
Bramante were the
leading architects of
the High Renaissance
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Peter’s in
Rome
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Renaissance
1427 with
of Rome by
Roman

Followed by
Mannerism which
developed after
1520 –
emphasised
artificiality
and opposed
idealism
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 A revival of interest

in the classical
learning and values of
ancient Greece and
Rome
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Florence was
in turmoil
after the
death of
Lorenzo the
Magnificent,
who was
terrified by
the scolding
sermons of Fra
Savonarola
which
condemned
pleasureseeking and
paganism

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