Michelangelo

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Michelangelo

• By Michael Altamirano
• Ms. Marshall
• Walter Stiern Middle School
• 2009-2010
• 7.8
• hss

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Michelangelos Birth place

• Michelangelo was born in Caprese, a small town in
  the Florentine territory.
• His full name was Michelangelo Di Lodovico
  Buonarroti.
• Him and his family went back to Florence after a
  few weeks since he was born.
• After overcoming parental obstacles he was
  apperenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio.
• When he was staying at the Ghirlandaio shop, that
  was the beginning of his sculpting career.

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When in Rome

• When Michelangelo was in Rome, he carved some of
  his first sculptures.
• For example, The Bacchus and The St. Peters
  Pieta, which was finished by the end of the
  century.
• It was gratefully finished and it showed how he
  mastered anatomy.
• The Pieta was the thing that made him famous.
• Then went back to Florence in 1501 as a famous
  sculptor.

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Back home

• When he became a famous sculptor, he went back to
  Florence and stayed there until 1505.
• While he was there he created The David, and the
  Bruges Madonna.
• In 1503, he began the 12 Apostles for the
  Cathedral.
• But he never completed the 12 Apostles.
• Around then he made a painting of the Doni Tondo
  of the Holy Family.

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One after another

• After he finished the David, he started a project
  for the Council Hall of the new Florentine
  Republic.
• It remained unfinished and the grandiose project
  of employing him on decorating the citys town
  hall returned back to nothing.
• His next famous piece of art was the very
  famous roof of The Sistine Chapel.

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Bibliography

• http//www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/bi
  ograph.html