MINI PROJECT

PAINTER :

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

ANDREA MERCHAN MENESES

COURSE NUMBER: 85993

CENTRO DE MATERIALES Y
ENSAYOS SECCIONAL BOGOTA
TALLA DE GEMAS PARA JOYERIA
23 DE ABRIL / 2011
M IG U E L  A N G E L  B U O N A R R O T I

1475 - 1564

B o rn  M a rch 6 , 1 4 7 5  in th e
sm a ll v illa g e  o f C a p re se  n e a r A re zzo , F lo re n ce  circu
m scrib e d re g io n  ( th e b irth p la ce o f Ita lia n
R e n a issa n ce ) .  H is fa th e r d i L u d o v ico  B u o n a rro ti S i
m o n i L io n a rd o w a s a n  o fficia l o f th e  F lo re n tin e  M e d
ici fa m ily .
His first serious steps in painting were in
the study of Ghirlandaio
another Italian gifted teachers, who were
stunned to see the
creations of Michelangelo, which do
not mimic their own and other
disciples of his school.

At 22, Miguel Angel sculptures for the
Vatican: The Pieta (La
Piedad, marble of 174 centimeters in
height and width of 195), in the Basilica
of San Pedro, work unmatched in
the history of European art. Added to this
are the frescoes painted in the Sistine
Chapel, admired since its creation.
Teachers insurmountable at that
time and that set the rules of
painting are: Giotto and Leonardo. Nobody ex
pected  the appearance of something
higher. However, the works of
Michelangelo beyond all expectations.
 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Michelangelo was a
man of stature of elderly, white hair, long
beard, dark, thin, and death occurs at age
89. poet, sculptor and painter.
His hobbies were sculpture and poetry.
 T H E  H O LY FA M ILY

When Michelangelo's Florentine
period corresponds to the Holy Family in the
Uffizi (also called Doni tondo), a work in
which these actions are already being Mannerist,
the body of the virgin contorts a
somewhat implausible, and background appear na
ked teenagers have
significantly offset with religious themes.
 S IS T IN E C H A P E L

T h is in itia l w o rk w a s ca rrie d o u t

b e tw e e n  1 5 0 8  a n d  1 5 1 2 .  In  th e ce n te r o f
th e  d o m e ,  p a in te d  n in e  e p iso d e s fro m  G e n e sis .  T h e
first fiv e  re p re se n t d iffe re n t m o m e n ts o f cre a tio n  in
th e six th  sh o w s th e “
o rig in a l sin "  a n d  th e  la st th re e  a re th e
sto rie s o f N o a h 's life .  T h e sid e  o f th e  ce n tra l
sce n e s p a in te d th e  fig u re s o f p ro p h e ts .  In  th e
co rn e rs a re fo u r b ib lica l
sce n e s :  " Ju d ith  a n d  H o lo fe rn e s , ”  " D a v id a n d  G o lia th ,
 " T h e  B ra ze n S e rp e n t"  a n d  " T h e  P u n ish m e n t o f
H am an. "
 CRUCIFIXION

Vittoria Colonna in 1540 asked a small painting of the

Crucifixion to assist him in his private
prayers .  After presenting several sketches ,  which are
preserved in the British Museum and the Louvre ,
the artist painted him a small tasty Calvary Vittoria being
very pleased
with the spirituality of the figures .  At that time there were
only represented Christ , the Virgin ,  San Juan and some
cherubs  ...  and he drew a Michelangelo Pieta ,  where you see the
Virgin Mary with two angels and a Christ nailed
to the cross ,  which stands head and commends his spirit to the
Father , which is something divine .
Although he speaks of a drawing ,  the artist ended up
doing apintura . 83 There is also news about this painting by a
letter from Vittoria to Michelangelo :
I relied on God as you would a supernatural grace to make this
Christ ,  after seeing so admirable that exceeds in all respects ,
 any momentum ,  because ,  inspired by your wonders , I
wanted what I now see that it
is beautifully done and the short of perfection ,  to the
point that you might want more ,  and not even to want both .