He is one of the greatest artists of all time, a man Whose name has Become synonymous with the word "masterpiece": Michelangelo Buonarroti.Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475, at Caprese, in Tuscany, from his father Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni, and his mother Francesca Neri.
Buonarroti's mother died young, when the child was only six years old. But even before then, Michelangelo's childhood had been grim and lacking in affection. Because of that, his father sent him to the school of a master, Francesco Galeota from Urbino, who in that time taught grammar. While he studied the principles of Latin, Michelangelo made friends with a student, Francesco Granacci six years older than him, who was learning the art of painting in Ghirlandaio's studio and who encouraged Michelangelo to follow his own artistic vocation.
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Michelangelo's father was a man obsessed with preserving what little remained of the Buonarroti fortunes. With few properties and monies remaining Ludovico hoped that with his studies, Michelangelo could become a successful merchant or businessman, thereby preserving the Buonarroti position in society. His father was always mad if he go for learnt art.
Because of his genius in the arts, she has painted on the wall of the church, a statue, and he's underpaid. He worked for many prominent figures such as the pontift. He worked hard to and fro to seek money for his family. in his teenage years, he struggled to support his family.
The high point of Michelangelo's early style is the gigantic marble David, roomates he produced between 1501 and 1504, after returning to Florence.
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Michelangelo's crowning achievement as an architect was his work at St. Peter's Basilica, where he was made chief architect in 1546. The building was being constructed according to Donato Bramante's plan, but Michelangelo ultimately became responsible for the altar end of the building on the exterior and for the final form of its dome.
Michelangelo Buonarroti died, giving himself up to God, on February 18th, 1564, after a slow fever. As Vasari tells us, he made his will in three sentences, in front of his physician and his friends Tommaso Cavalieri and Daniele da Volterra, saying that he left "his soul to God, his body to the earth, and his material possessions to his nearest relations.
