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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564)
Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the
disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often
considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance
man, along with his rival and fellow Florentine Medici client, Leonardo
da Vinci.
A number of Michelangelo's works of painting, sculpture, and
architecture rank among the most famous in existence. His output in
every field of interest was prodigious; given the sheer volume of
surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences taken into
account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century.
He sculpted two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, before
the age of thirty. Despite holding a low opinion of painting,
Michelangelo also created two of the most influential frescoes in the
history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall. As
an architect, Michelangelo pioneered the Mannerist style at
the Laurentian Library.
At the age of 74, he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as
the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the
plan so that the western end was finished to his design, as was the
dome, with some modification, after his death.
Diego Velasquez ( 1599 – 1660 )
ARTWORKS
JOSEPH’S TUNIC
LAS MENINAS
MENIPPOS
ARTWORKS
A PORTRAIT OF HELENE
FOURMENT
Gian Lorenzo Bernini ( 1598 – 1680 )
DOUBTING THOMAS
CONVERSION OF ST.
BACCHUS C. 1596
PAUL
an ItalianRenaissance sculptor
from Florence
He studied classical sculpture and used
this to develop a complete
Renaissance style in sculpture, whose
periods in
Rome, Padua and Siena introduced to
other parts of Italy a long and
productive career. He worked with
stone, bronze, wood, clay, stucco and
wax, and had several assistants, with
four perhaps being a typical number.
ARTWORKS
PENITENT MAGDALENE
DAVID ZUCCONE
EQUESTRIAN STATUE
OF GATTAMELATA MADONNA OF THE
CLOUDS
Raffaello Sanzioda Urbino ( 1843 – 1520 )
was an Italian painter and architect of
the High Renaissance. His work is
admired for its clarity of form, ease of
composition, and visual achievement of
the Neoplatonic ideal of human
grandeur.
ARTWORK
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VISION OF A KNIGHT
ARTWORKS
BATTLE OF CASCINA
PIETA
STATUE OF DAVID
DONDI TONI