1512 : Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist
Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first
time.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance
artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475. The son of
a government administrator, he grew up in Florence, a center of the
early Renaissance movement, and became an artist's apprentice at age
13. Demonstrating obvious talent, he was taken under the wing of
Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of the Florentine republic and a great
patron of the arts. After demonstrating his mastery of sculpture in
such works as the Pieta (1498) and David (1504), he was called to Rome
in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel--the chief
consecrated space in the Vatican.
Michelangelo's epic ceiling frescoes, which took several years to
complete, are among his most memorable works. Central in a complex
system of decoration featuring numerous figures are nine panels
devoted to biblical world history. The most famous of these is The
Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are
stretching toward each other. In 1512, Michelangelo completed the
work.
After 15 years as an architect in Florence, Michelangelo returned to
Rome in 1534, where he would work and live for the rest of his life.
That year saw his painting of the The Last Judgment on the wall above
the altar in the Sistine Chapel for Pope Paul III. The massive
painting depicts Christ's damnation of sinners and blessing of the
virtuous and is regarded as a masterpiece of early Mannerism.
Michelangelo worked until his death in 1564 at the age of 88. In
addition to his major artistic works, he produced numerous other
sculptures, frescoes, architectural designs, and drawings, many of
which are unfinished and some of which are lost. In his lifetime, he
was celebrated as Europe's greatest living artist, and today he is
held up as one of the greatest artists of all time, as exalted in the
visual arts as William Shakespeare is in literature or Ludwig van
Beethoven is in music.
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The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist
Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first
time.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance
artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475. The son of
a government administrator, he grew up in Florence, a center of the
early Renaissance movement, and became an artist's apprentice at age
13. Demonstrating obvious talent, he was taken under the wing of
Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of the Florentine republic and a great
patron of the arts. After demonstrating his mastery of sculpture in
such works as the Pieta (1498) and David (1504), he was called to Rome
in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel--the chief
consecrated space in the Vatican.
Michelangelo's epic ceiling frescoes, which took several years to
complete, are among his most memorable works. Central in a complex
system of decoration featuring numerous figures are nine panels
devoted to biblical world history. The most famous of these is The
Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are
stretching toward each other. In 1512, Michelangelo completed the
work.
After 15 years as an architect in Florence, Michelangelo returned to
Rome in 1534, where he would work and live for the rest of his life.
That year saw his painting of the The Last Judgment on the wall above
the altar in the Sistine Chapel for Pope Paul III. The massive
painting depicts Christ's damnation of sinners and blessing of the
virtuous and is regarded as a masterpiece of early Mannerism.
Michelangelo worked until his death in 1564 at the age of 88. In
addition to his major artistic works, he produced numerous other
sculptures, frescoes, architectural designs, and drawings, many of
which are unfinished and some of which are lost. In his lifetime, he
was celebrated as Europe's greatest living artist, and today he is
held up as one of the greatest artists of all time, as exalted in the
visual arts as William Shakespeare is in literature or Ludwig van
Beethoven is in music.
history.com/tdih.do
1993 : European Union established
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5486
American Revolution
1765 : Parliament enacts the Stamp Act
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7068
Automotive
1895 : First American auto club
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7767
1927 : Ford Model A production begins
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7766
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