He continued to work on the tomb of Julius II, which the pope had interrupted for his Sistine Chapel commission, for the next several decades. These buildings are considered a turning point in architectural history. But Michelangelo's crowning glory in this field came when he was made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica in In , Michelangelo developed an attachment to a young nobleman, Tommaso dei Cavalieri, and wrote dozens of romantic sonnets dedicated to Cavalieri.
Michelangelo died on February 18, — just weeks before his 89th birthday — at his home in Macel de'Corvi, Rome, following a brief illness.
A nephew bore his body back to Florence, where he was revered by the public as the "father and master of all the arts. 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, written by Giorgio Vasari and Ascanio Condivi.
Appreciation of Michelangelo's artistic mastery has endured for centuries, and his name has become synonymous with the finest humanist tradition of the Renaissance. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance — and arguably of all time. His work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never before seen. His contemporaries recognized his extraordinary talent, and Michelangelo received commissions from some of the most wealthy and powerful men of his day, including popes and others affiliated with the Catholic Church.
His father worked for the Florentine government, and shortly after his birth his family returned to Florence, the city Michelangelo would always consider his true home.
At 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, particularly known for his murals. He extended an invitation to Michelangelo to reside in a room of his palatial home.
Although Michelangelo expressed his genius in many media, he would always consider himself a sculptor first.
The cardinal wanted to create a substantial statue depicting a draped Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms — a Pieta — to grace his own future tomb. He chose to depict the young David from the Old Testament of the Bible as heroic, energetic, powerful and spiritual, and literally larger than life at 17 feet tall.
In , Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt him a grand tomb with 40 life-size statues, and the artist began work. However, in , Julius called Michelangelo back to Rome for a less expensive, but still ambitious painting project: to depict the 12 apostles on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel , a most sacred part of the Vatican where new popes are elected and inaugurated.
Instead, over the course of the four-year project, Michelangelo painted 12 figures — seven prophets and five sibyls female prophets of myth — around the border of the ceiling, and filled the central space with scenes from Genesis.
The most famous Sistine Chapel ceiling painting is the emotion-infused The Creation of Adam, in which God and Adam outstretch their hands to one another. The quintessential Renaissance man, Michelangelo continued to sculpt and paint until his death, although he increasingly worked on architectural projects as he aged: His work from to on the interior of the Medici Chapel in Florence included wall designs, windows and cornices that were unusual in their design and introduced startling variations on classical forms.
Michelangelo also designed the iconic dome of St.
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