Michelangelo Merisi was born in Milan, year 1571. He was born on the 29th of September, the feast day of his “name saint”, the Archangel, Michael, and was also christened the following day at the parish church of S. Stefano in Brolo, Milan. His father, Fermo Merisi, was an architect and/or “magister” for the Marchese […]
Michelangelo’s Pieta is a beautiful marble statue of Mary holding Jesus. You can immediately see when looking at the statue that Mary is much larger than Jesus and her body isn’t in proportion with the rest of this statue. Michelangelo accomplished this by using scale, emphasizing the mother and son relation Jesus and Mary shared. […]
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Get startedMichelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci are known to be; without doubt the father of western art, greatest artist of thier lifetimes and most prominently greatest artist of all time. Michelangelo an Italian sculptor painter,architect and poet of high renaissance who was given birth in the ancient city of Florence. Born to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti […]
The ideal male body is what all men have strived for throughout the ages, we want to be the best looking, have the best symmetry, because that is what makes you as a man stand out, to be the ideal of beauty is what will make you a greater man, and will allow you to […]
In the earlier centuries, females did not have the same access to art education as men. A lot of the female artist never had an opportunity to become a great artist, unlike males ( Linda Noclin, Why Have There Been no Great Women. Males throughout history had always had more rights and more privileges compared […]
In 1504, the competition between two greatest artists in art history happened in just one room. Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci were commissioned to create a mural side by side to each other on the opposite wall in the same hall called Hall of Five Hundred. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, whose works made the […]
It is often said how important courage is and how impactful it is. However, most do not really take in how important courage can be. Those that do not have such courage will never succeed and surpass their greatest obstacles. “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” […]
There is an art in capturing images with a photograph. But to sculpt a perfect anatomical person is something to marvel at. To take perfect photos is hard enough, one needs the best camera of the best quality and a sense of capturing angles to perfection. But to sculpt a full-size person requires a kind […]
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, best known as just Michelangelo was born March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. At the young age of thirteen, Michelangelo became an artist. His style, was and still is very unique; as well as painting he was a very excellent sculptor. Michelangelo actually preferred sculpting rather than painting, he was […]
