Michelangelo

Michelangelo was an Italian artist. He was a painter, sculpture, poet, and architect. His full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. He was born March 6 1475 and died February 18 1564. In 1488 Michelangelo was sent to Florence, but he was not very interested in school. He was inspired by art in the churches and often tried to copy the paintings there. When Michelangelo was 13 years old, he became the apprentice of Ghirlandaio (a renaissance painter). Then Michelangelo began studying at an art academy. Michelangelo was well like and his art was popular while he was alive. Michelangelo only signed one piece of art, the Pietá.

Madona of Bruges (One of Michelangelo's earliest pieces)


Sistine Chapel



David


Brutus


Pietá