Monday, April 11, 2011

WORLD HISTORY (Michaelangelo)

MICHAELANGELO he was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive. Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime; one of them, by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all artistic achievement since the beginning of the renaissance a viewpoint that continued to have currency in art history for centuries.

.Michelangelo left the security of the Medici court and returned to his father's house.

*Michaelangelo is a  Famous sculptor, his best-known works are "Florence Pieta/The Lamentation over the Dead Christ" in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, and "Statue of David" in Florence. 2. Famous fresco painter, his famous works are the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, also "The Last Judgement" on its altar wall. 3. Famous architect, he built the Laurentian Library in the Mannerist style, he also continued the building of Saint Peter's Basilica.