Project on Michelangelo By Tara Kealy and Daniel Gardiner

Renaissance

Renaissance is French for rebirth. Renaissance was an age which artistic social scientific and political thought in new directions. The renaissance began in Italy, Florence in the 15^th century and then spread to Rome and the rest of Europe. In the renaissance time there was a lot of trading as it had a lot of coastlines and brought lots of food and products. The renaissance was much more than just simply studying the work of ancient scholars. It influenced by paintings sculptures, and architecture. Paintings became more realistic and focused less often on religious topics. Rich families became patrons and commissioned great art. Artists advanced the Renaissance style of showing nature and depicting the feelings of people. In Britain, there was a flowering in literature and drama that included the plays of William Shakespeare.  Italian city such as Naples, Genoa and Venice centre of trades between Europe and the Middle East. Arab scholars preserved the writings of the ancient Greece in their libraries. When the Italian cities traded with the Arabs, ideas were exchanged along with goods. These ideas, preserved from the ancient past, served as the basis of the Renaissance. When the Byzantine Empire fell to Muslim Turks in 1453, many Christian’s scholars left Greece for Italy.

The Death of Michelangelo

Michelangelo continued making pieta sculptures. The first one, begun in 1550 and left unfinished, was meant for his own tomb. He began the Rondanini Pietà in Milan in 1555, and he was working on it on February 12, 1564 when he took ill. He died six days later in Rome and was buried in Florence.

Paintings

                                            

                                                             Sistine chapel ceiling    year: 1506

                                                          

The last judgement     year: 1534

The conversion of Saul   year: 1542-45

Doni Tondo year: 1506

Quiz

1) When was Michelangelo born?
a) 9 April 1472
b) 16 September 1481
c) 19 November 1480
d) 6 March 1475

2) Where was Michelangelo born?
a) Budapest
b) Nicosia
c) Caprese
d) Valetta

3) What was Michelangelo’s full name?
a) Michaelangelo y pais y noronha y sequeira
b) Michelangelo di Ludovico di Buonarroti Simoni
c) Michaelangelo Roncalli
d) Michaelangelo Cacciavillan

4) Which chapel’s ceiling was painted by Michelangelo?
a) Petrine
b) Pauline
c) Sistine
d) St. Xavier’s

5) Where is the statue of David sculpted by Michelangelo?
a) Rome
b) Venice
c) Florence
d) New York

6) When did Michelangelo die?
a) 18 February 1564
b) 2 June 1566
c) 14 October 1568
d) 1 March 1560

7) Where did Michelangelo die?
a) Paris
b) Berlin
c) Vienna
d) Rome

Quiz Answers

1) When was Michelangelo born?
d) 6 March 1475

2) Where was Michelangelo born?
c) Caprese

3) What was Michelangelo’s full name?
b) Michelangelo di Ludovico di Buonarroti Simoni

4) Which chapel’s ceiling was painted by Michelangelo?
c) Sistine

5) Where is the statue of David sculpted by Michelangelo?
c) Florence

6) When did Michelangelo die?
a) 18 February 1564

7) Where did Michelangelo die?
d) Rome

Michelangelo

By Tara Kealy and Daniel Gardiner

6^th class