Michelangelo Research Paper

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon was considered to be the greatest artist of the Italian Renaissance period, and even of all time due to the fact of his sculptures, paintings, and architects. Michelangelo was an extremely talented artist who demonstrated a wide variety of talents and techniques throughout his work. Michelangelo is best known for his pristine Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings and his statue of David sculpture. Michelangelo, his skills, and pieces of art were and continue to be so significant because of his perseverance and efforts to create such perfect pieces with complete meaning. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo lived through a hard child with his mothering dying when

Michelangelo’s father sent him to the school of Maestro Francesco da Urbino, which taught him the correct grammar of Florence at that time. Yet, “Michelangelo could not resist the urge to sketch, paint, and draw which caused him to completely abandoned the study of letters. On this account he was resented and quite often beaten unreasonably by his father and fathers brothers who […] detested it and felt that its appearance in their family was a disgrace” (The Life, 9).

As Michelangelo grew older his luck began to change, by the age of fourteen his talents drew the attention of many important people of Florence, especially Lorenzo de’ Medici. Michelangelo was able to create such talents through Lorenzo, his group of scholars, and Bertoldo di Giovanni. After Lorenzo died, Michelangelo created Saint John in marble in

Michelangelo began his work but it was shortly ended when Pope Julius’s priorities shifted into military battles and the money became limited which forced Michelangelo to become very displeased, which led him to leave Rome. Yet, Pope Julius II called Michelangelo back to Rome in 1508 to create and take part in another project. This next project just happened to be the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling painting. This painting was and is one of the most sacred paintings in Italian history due to the location of the painting on the Vatican. This painting included twelve figures—seven prophets and five female prophets of myth—which bordered the ceiling. Both in the past and in the present, the most famous painting of the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam, which includes God and Adam reaching for one another. The Sistine Chapel painting held such religious perspectives and perceived God as such a powerful man. The first words that were mentioned about the Sistine Chapel paintings was from a letter in which Michelangelo wrote to Frate Jacopo, the Reverend Father in Christ of Florence. The letter read,

“Frate Jacaopo—As I have to have certain things painted here, or rather to paint them, I have occasion to inform you of the fact, as I need a certain amount of fine quality azure, and if you have some you could provide me with immediately, it