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Jan 1, 1481
michelangelos mother dies
link1481 His mother dies although we have no record of her death, she was said to be a weak, and frail being. after Michelangelo was born she wasnt even strong enough to milk him. Michelangelo did say that she died of a fever in the winter. she had been sick for weeks before that. -
Jan 1, 1492
humanist academy
link From 1490 to 1492, Michelangelo attended the Humanist academy which the Medici had founded along Neo Platonic lines -
Jan 1, 1497
Bacchus
linkAn early work commissioned for a sculpture garden, Bacchus was supposed to resemble an ancient work. This Roman god of wine is unstable, as if defying gravity. Unlike the heroic, masculine nudes of Michelangelo's maturity, Bacchus seems androgynous, with soft rather than muscular flesh. -
Jan 1, 1499
The Pietà
linkThis famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion -
Jan 1, 1504
statue of david
linkThe Statue of David, completed by Michelangelo in 1504, is one of the most renowned works of the Renaissance. -
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Jan 1, 1508
sistine chapel
link is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture, evocative of Solomon's Temple of the Old Testament, and its decoration that has been frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli. Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. He resented the commi -
Oct 1, 1541
The Last Judgment
Michelangelo's The Last Judgment. Saint Bartholomew is shown holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin. The face of the skin is recognizable as Michelangelo-1534 to October 1541 -
Jan 1, 1546
st peters basilica
linkIn 1546, Michelangelo was appointed architect of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, and designed its dome. As St. Peter's was progressing there was concern that Michelangelo would pass away before the dome was finished. However, once building commenced on the lower part of the dome, the supporting ring, the completion of the design was inevitable. Michelangelo died in Rome at the age of 88 (three weeks before his 89th birthday). His body was brought back from Rome for interment at the Basilica -
Mar 18, 1564
death
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last scetch found
linkOn 7 December 2007, Michelangelo's red chalk sketch for the dome of St Peter's Basilica, his last before his death in 1564, was discovered in the Vatican archives. It is extremely rare, since he destroyed his designs later in life. The sketch is a partial plan for one of the radial columns of the cupola drum of Saint Peter's.
