,.kMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475 and dies on February 18, 1564. He is truly the greatest italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer to have ever lived. Michelangelo never liked to consider himself a painter, he preferred to be revered for his work as an architect in the later years of his life. The Sistine Chapel is known worldwide and is the most famous chapel in the official residence of the Pope in Vatican city. Michelangelo’s representation of the Genesis covers twelve thousand square feet and took him four years to paint the amazing frescos.
The craftsmen, who were building the arch, were working very diligently. Some were carving figures in the arch, others were writing an inscription on the front of the arch, others were holding up marble to the top of the arch. Everyone was working hard so that they were able to finish the arch before daylight. For on the next day the Emperor Domitian wanted to dedicate this arch to his brother Titus. He hated Titus when living, but wanted to honour him in death.
Michelangelo’s Last Judgment can be viewed on the alter wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, Rome. This masterpiece was one of Michelangelo’s last and greatest pieces. The fresco was completed in 1541. It caused controversy between Michelangelo and the Pope of this time, Pope Paul IV – who wanted it erased. Last Judgment marked a change in style for the artist.
When was he born – when did he die? - Born: 6th March 1475 in a small village called Caprese, Italy - Died: 18th February 1564 ( Age of 88 )in Rome2. Biography - He considered himself a “ Son of Florence” although he never lived there- Michelangelo travelled between Rome and Florence because he had a lot of work in both cities - He worked as a sculptor, architect, painter, engineer and as a poet- Michelangelo always looked for the “perfect” stone because he wanted it to have the basic form of his sculpture3. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling - April 1508 Michelangelo was summoned to Rome by Julius II - He had a new task, to draw 15 figures of Apostles and some decoration on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - Some of the themes were: Adam and Eve, The creation of the world, The Final Judgment- => It is basically the story of the Bible- He was a sculptor and at the beginning he tried to cancel his oncoming work because he had to master the art of fresco - May 1508 he started to make the preparatory designs - Assistants: Giuliano Bugiardini, Aristotele da Sangallo and his old friend Francesco Granacci along with a number of laborers - His work did not proceed as his master wished and between the end of 1508 and January 1509He fired his assistants and continued on his own- He worked till 31st October 1512 - Michelangelo has a very unique style because he is a sculptor, he concentrates on the right proportions of the bodies => The Figures on his frescos look very realistic => They look plastic4. The Tomb of Medici - Between 1519 and 1534 – Michelangelo undertook the commission of the Medici Tombs for the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo - He designed two large walls facing each other across the high domed room - The 1st wall was dedicated for Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino - The other wall was for Giuliano de’ Medici, Duke of Nemours
As each new era ushers in change, there is always one individual that can be associated with facilitating these reforms, Lorenzo Medici and the Renaissance, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Predeceasing these infamous men is Caesar Augustus. Many argue that Augustus was reformer, others a revolutionary. Augustus was both; he took prior roman laws and tradition and reformed them in revolutionary ways. He kept the traditions and ideals that made Rome strong and used them to reshape a government that would dominate over the Mediterranean arena for the next 400 years.
There are accounts of a speech made by Pope Urban II however, these were all written after the success of the first crusade so it is not, necessarily, reliable. What is clear is that it was very successful as it led to 40,000 crusaders marching their way across Europe to help and rescue the Holy land. Urban promised
Exactly like him. The difference is that they can sing. Opera singing takes many years of practise and dedication, and by using Gio Compario as their “front man” Go Compare are belittling everything opera singers stand for. So what is this company really promoting? Apparently they are selling car insurance, but you would never guess it.
However this source was written by Polydore Vergil, an Italian humanist who came to England and wrote the History of England, his analysis of Wolsey wasn’t very good as they’d had a personal feud due to Wolsey being jealous and Vergil spent a brief period in prison. So this source can be taken with a pinch of salt however it may have some truth as it was written after Wolsey had fallen from power, so Vergil was looking back at an entire career of Wolsey’s and knew that whatever he did write, Wolsey could not have him punished for. Source 2 agrees with source 1, as source 2 talks about how Wolsey treated the nobility which supports where source 1 says ‘his hostility towards nobles created great irritation’ also in source 2 it talks about bowing ‘before his Majesty’ while this would technically mean king Henry, as it says in source 1, Wolsey ‘considered himself the equal of kings’ and so it shows how arrogant
He feared criticism and sat on his work until 1704; where he then published it as an appendix to his book on Optiks. Oddly enough he began his fight with Leibniz long before he published anything. Leibniz wrote his calculus around 1673, and he used the notation we still use today -- derivatives expressed as dy/dx etc... He also sat on his work for a long period of time this is where the initial bout between the 2 originates. In the book Philosophers At War, Rupert Hall goes over the heated debate between Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton over the development of early calculus during that time period.
And in case you were wondering, the jeweller was indeed cheating the king. What probably happened Archimedes's discovery was told by Vitruvius, a Roman architect, writer and engineer (smart people back then seemed to be doing everything) in a book written two centuries after Archimedes had died. Where Vitruvius got his sources from, he didn't say, but he did write about a scene where Archimedes was running out naked and wet, after he