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.
Learn more about Michelangelo.
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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.
Learn more about Michelangelo.
http://www.history.com/
Buy The Best of History 2008
http://shop.history.com/
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