The Divine

Michelangelo
After you have read the information about Michelangelo, I would like you to write
about his life, under the following headings, as if you were Michelangelo. Write in
the first person, and use bullet points. There must be at least 10 bullet points
under each heading

THE BASIC BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

 I was born…

 My mother died when I was …

 When I was 13, I told my father …

 At first I worked for ….

 My first major piece of work was …

 ..

 ..

 ..

 ..

 I died in …. at the age of …

MY CHARACTER

 I have a bad temper – for example, when my father ….

 I can be very stubborn … for example…

 I am an incredibly hard worker … the evidence of this is …

 I am a loner. For example ….

  As I grew older,I became more ……. This can be seen in my final works, such as …………………………………
where …………………

MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

 This piece of sculpture is called ..

 I carved it when I was ….

 This is the only piece of work I ever signed. I signed

it because ….

 Some interesting facts about this piece of work are:

 This piece of sculpture is called …

 I portrayed David very differently to how he is shown in the

Bible. For example ….

 I got my inspiration for this heavily muscled figure from …

 Some interesting facts about this statue are:

 This is the Creation of Adam. You can see it ……

 I wanted to show God in a revolutionary way. I did this by …

 I started to paint the ceiling when I was …. Years old, in 1508, and I finished in …

 I was only paid … for this work. It wasn’t enough!

 This was the hardest work I did – especially because I am a sculptor, not an …

 How did I paint it? Well, for days at a time I ….(please give a full description here!)
 I argued a lot with …….. He kept asking me … and I kept

replying … He even … and so I …

But, eventually, I …..