Michelangelo was a man of many trades who, throughout his life, created, painted, and designed artistic masterpieces. He was a marvel of his time.. “He was celebrated as the greatest artist ever because of his great work in the areas of sculpting, painting, drafter, architecture, and poetry”. A genius with his ingenuity and thought process in the way he came up with the ideas that […]

Michelangelo Buonarroti lived in the Renaissance period an epoch which pned between the 15th and sixteenth century and saw the metempsychosis or resurgence of the Greek and Roman style.This manner had been generated back in the fourteenth century by the Italian poet Petrarch who had divided history into three ages: from the “ the aureate age of classical antiquity, the dark age after the Roman […]

Introduction: I. Michelangelo’s David A. First supporting information for the sub-topic 1. Description of Michelangelo’s masterpiece 2. Detail of the statue of David B. Renaissance Period 1. European civilization 2. The story of David II. Political Implications A. First supporting information for the sub-topic 1. The artist 2. influence of the ‘contrapposto’ style B. The symbol of Renaissance sculptures 1. “Great and Heroic” 2. Michelangelo […]

Michelangelo David The first piece of artwork that I have chosen to work with is the David by Michelangelo. Yes, this is one of the, if not the most famous sculpture in the world but that is not my reasoning for choosing it. Before seeing the actual David inside of the Galleria dalliance’s, I visited the copy of it outside of the Palazzo Vehicle. After […]

Michelangelo Bonaparte has come to be known as the greatest artist of his time, and one of the all time greats for sure. Albeit unlike other artists of his time he was recognized for his greatness while he was alive. He was also torn between his patronage, of the Medici family in Florence, and the Catholic church in Rome. He was born in 1475 and […]

Evan O’Meara September 18, 2012 Humanities Seminar WF 11:30 Prof. Lomanno The Beauty of Pieta Michelangelo Buonarroti is one of the most critically acclaimed artists in human history. His artwork was created during the time of the Renaissance (15th century-17th century Europe). The Renaissance was a period of prosperity for literature, philosophy, art, music, politics, science, religion, as well as other aspects of intellectual inquiry. […]