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Michelangelo Buonarroti : The Most Famous Artist Of The Italian Renaissance

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Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance who was born in Tuscany, Italy on March 6th, 1475. According to Accademia, he was a painter, sculptor, architect and poet who had many sculptures including the statue of David. He studied classical sculptor in the Medici gardens, which was owned by Lorenzo the Magnificent, a Florence ruler in 1487; this would make Michelangelo about thirteen years old. In 1508, Michelangelo started his famous work on the Sistine Chapel, which was requested by Pope Julius II who asked if he could paint and decorate the ceiling, according the Accademia; at this time Michelangelo was in his thirties. The chapel is used for ceremonies by the Pope and is also now a part of the Museums of the Vatican in Vatican City. The paintings in the chapel by Michelangelo took four years to complete, and according to Klip (2013) web page, “the ceiling shows nine scenes from Genesis…the northern wall is devoted to the life of Jesus, the southern wall has scenes from the life of Moses, the rear wall consists of The Last Judgment, which is when God judges man, and the ceiling consists of scenes from Genesis, including the creation of Adam”. This relates to the art movement in Michelangelo’s time, which was the time of the Renaissance. According to the Artble (2017), “Beginning in 1508 Pope Julius II was trying to unify the warring factions of what is now Italy under the Catholic Church. As a result he commissioned the

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