Artist Study: Michelangelo Buanarroti
Class Contributor: Jenn Stec, Overstone Cooperative School, Lexington, KY
Artist
Michelangelo Buanarroti Birth: 1475, Caprese Michelangelo, Italy (present-day Tuscany) Death: 1564, Rome, Italy Period of Art: High Renaissance, Italian Renaissance Contemporaries/Events on the timeline: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giovanni Bellini, Albrecht Durer, Christopher Columbus, Galileo Galilei Living Books Recommended Michelangelo by Diane Stanley Michelangelo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia A Child's History of Art: Painting by V.M. Hillyer Before They Were Famous: How Seven Artists Got Their Start by Bob Raczka Online Resources Introduction to the High Renaissance SmartHistory Biography Laurentian Library How to do a Picture Study in a Home or Group Setting |
- Sistine Chapel: The Creation of Adam: Picture, Background Information, Video, 1510
- Sistine Chapel: The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden, Video, c. 1508-1512 (click on picture for full screen image)
- Sistine Chapel: The Prophet Jeremiah, Video
- Sistine Chapel: The Last Judgement: Picture (may be best to zoom in as opposed to print) Picture and Background Information, 1537-1541
- Moses: Picture, Close-up Pictures, Background Information, Video, 1513-1515
- David: Picture, Close-up Pictures, Background Information, Video, 1501-1504
- The Crucifixion of St. Peter: Picture, Background Information, 1550
- Pieta: Picture, Background Information, Video,1498-99 (St. Peter's Basilica)
- Rondanini Pieta, 1552-1564
- Doni Tondo, c. 1507 (thought to be the only easel painting of Michelangelo to survive, Background Information)
- The Torment of Saint Anthony: Picture, Background Information, 1487
- Bust of Brutus, c. 1540
- The Prophet Jonah, c. 1511
- Battle of the Centaurs, 1492