Michelangelo

Michelangelo is born

Mar 6, 1475

in Caprise, Italy

his mom dies

Jan 1, 1481

apprenticed to Dominico Ghirlandaio

Jan 1, 1488

Ghirlandaio was a Florentine painter who introduced Michelangelo to the fresco technique

studies classical sculpture under the Medici Family

Jan 1, 1489

Michelangelo moves into the palace of the Florentine ruler, Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent.) There, he gets the chance to study under the sculptor, Bertoldo di Giovanni. In addition, he is exposed to many other prominant poets, scholars, and learned humanists of the time.

sculpts Battle of the Centaurs and Madonna Seated on a Step

Jan 1, 1491

Lorenzo de' Medici dies and political strife forces Michelangelo to flee to Bologna

Apr 9, 1492

returns to Florence to begin work as a sculptor

Jan 1, 1495

is invited to Rome by Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio

Jan 1, 1498

sculpts the Pieta

Jan 1, 1500

a republic is proclaimed in florence

Aug 4, 1501

12 days later, Michelangelo is commisioned to sculpt a statue of David

begins his work on the Sistine Chapel

May 1, 1508

finishes his paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Oct 31, 1512

Nove della Milizia

Jan 10, 1529

Nove della Milizia was the group of 9 men in charge of Florence's forces. Michelangelo was supposedly an expert of fortification and one thing he did was to defend the hill of San Miniato

begins work on the last judgement

Jan 1, 1536

finishes Last Judgement

Jan 1, 1541

made chief architect of Saint Peter's Basilica

Jan 1, 1548

Michelangelo dies

Feb 18, 1564

in Rome, Italy