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Michelangelo Buonarroti Biography. Contact Us Privacy Policy Sitemap. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Michelangelo Buonarroti. He is famous for creating the fresco ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most stupendous works in all of Western art, as well as the Last Judgment over the altar, and "The Martyrdom of St. Peter" and "The Conversion of St.

Paul" in the Vatican's Cappella Paolina; among his many sculptures are those of the Pieta and David, again, sublime masterpieces of their field, as well as the Virgin, Bacchus, Moses, Rachel, Leah, and members of the Medici family see article for more information on them ; he also designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo's father, Lodovico, was the resident magistrate in Caprese.

However, Michelangelo was raised in Florence and later lived with a sculptor and his wife in the town of Settignano where his father owned a marble quarry and a small farm. Against his father's wishes, Michelangelo chose to be the apprentice of Domenico Ghirlandaio for three years starting in Impressed, Domenico recommended him to the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de' Medici.

From to , Michelangelo attended Lorenzo's school and during his stay, Michelangelo would be influenced by many prominent people who modified and expanded his ideas on art and even his feelings about sexuality.

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It was during this period that Michelangelo created two reliefs: Battle of the Centaurs and Madonna of the Steps. After the death of Lorenzo in , Piero de' Medici Lorenzo's oldest son and new head of the Medici family , refused to support Michelangelo's artwork. Also at this time, the ideas of Savonarola became popular in Florence.

Under these two pressures, Michelangelo decided to leave Florence and stay in Bologna for three years.