preview

How Did Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti

Decent Essays

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni mostly known as Michaelangelo one of the world’s greatest sculptor and painter of the Italian Renaissance period. The Italian Renaissance period began in the 1400’s and lasted up into the 1600’s. Born on March 6,1475 in Caprese, Italy. At a very young age Michelangelo showed his interest in the Arts. Although his father tried to discourage him he prevailed and later on apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio (the most fashionable painter of his time) at the mere age of thirteen. At a later time, he moved into the home of one of the most respected families in Florence, the Medici’s. Where Lorenzo Medici (a famous sculpture) dedicated his time to teaching Michaelangelo. At the age of seventeen Michelangelo

Get Access