Michelangelo: 100+ Renaissance Paintings - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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Michelangelo: 100+ Renaissance Paintings - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Details
MICHELANGELO Art Book contains 100+ reproductions of paintings, sculptures and sketches of religious and mythical subjects with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).BORN: March 6, 1475 in Arezzo, Caprese, Tuscany.DIED: February 18, 1564 in Rome Italy.MOVEMENT: High Renaissance.INTERESTING FACTS:§ He was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and an engineer.§ Michelangelo studied sculpture at the Medici Humanist Academy. He was commissioned to do sculptures by the Medici family throughout his life.§ Michelangelo was asked to complete a sculpture that Agostino di Duccio had not completed... The David.§ He completed the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in four years and with a more complex scheme than what he was commissioned to do.NOTABLE WORKS:The David, The Creation of Adam, and Pieta.
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