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Michelangelo

By harriss1999
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Birth

    videovideo Michelangelo is born in Caprese,Itlay a village near Florence, Italy
  • Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564

    Michelangelo

  • Sep 15, 1481

    Mother

    Michelangelo's mother dies when he is only six.
  • Jan 30, 1488

    Michelangelo begins apprenticing with painter Domenico Ghirlandaio

    He was 13 years old. His father was very angry
  • May 3, 1489

    Leaves Ghirlandaio's Workshop

    starts to study sculpture in the gardens of Lorenzo de’ Medici.
  • Aug 13, 1492

    Father

    Lorenzo de’ Medici dies and Michelangelo goes back to live with his impoverished father but soon returns to the Medici palace, invited by Lorenzo’s son Piero.
  • Aug 11, 1495

    Return

    Return
    Returned to Florence and carved "St. John the Baptist" and painted "The Sleeping Cupid"
  • May 3, 1496

    Back in Florence

    Back in Florence he sculpts a CUPID which is now lost and sells it to the art dealer Baldassare del Milanese, who in turn sells it as an antique work to a Roman Cardinal.
  • Nov 6, 1496

    Rome

    1496-1501 Moved to Rome. Carved the Bacchus and the globally known, "Pietà"
  • Jan 30, 1501

    Michelangelo creates David the marble statue.

    He produced it between 1501-1504. He used David as a model of heroic courage, in the hope that the Florentines would understand his message.
  • Jul 5, 1503

    Painting

    Painting
    website Finishes an easel painting, his only one that has survived, of the Holy Family
  • Sep 19, 1504

    Statue of David

    Statue of David
    The sculpture/ statue of David is set up in front of the Palazzo della Signoria or City Hall.
  • May 30, 1508

    The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

    The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
    Michelangelo starts to plan out and create this amzing piece of artwork.
  • Mar 21, 1546

    Florentine Pieta

    Florentine Pieta
    He begins the Florentine Pieta for his own tomb.
  • May 3, 1546

    St.Peter's Basilica

    St.Peter's Basilica
    Michelangelo's amazing achievement as an architect was his work at St. Peter's Basilica, where he was made number one architect in 1546.
  • Feb 18, 1564

    Michelangelo dies

    Michelangelo dies
    "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."