Michelangelo

Michelangelo is Born

Mar 6, 1475

In the year of 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy. His full birth name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. He was the son of Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and Francesca Neri. Michelangelo was one of five brothers.
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Michelangelo Becomes an Apprentice

Nov 9, 1487

Michelangelo became an apprentice to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. Michelangelo's father realized early on that his son had no interest in the family financial business, so he agreed to apprentice him to the fashionable Florentine painter's workshop. While he was there, Michelangelo was exposed to the technique of fresco.
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Michelangelo Travels

Period: Sep 11, 1490 to Aug 31, 1495

From 1490-1492, Michelangelo worked in the Medici household in order to study classical music in the Medici gardens. This gave him an access to the social elite of Florence. This exposed him to poets and scholars. He also got special permission from the Catholic Church to study corpses for anatomy. Michelangelo completed similar studies in Bologna.

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Christopher Colmbus

Aug 5, 1492

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He was sent to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never succeeded. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Columbus' journeys marked the beginning of Atlantic transport conquest and colonization. Source: (http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus)

Michelangelo Returns To Florence

Dec 13, 1496

In 1495, Michelangelo returned to Florence and carved St. John The Baptist and sculpted a Cupid (now lost) and sells it to the art dealer Baldassare del Milanese, who sold it as an antique work to a Roman Cardinal. The Bacchus (another work done) was unique among Michelangelo’s works because you could observe from all sides rather than primarily from the front. Source(http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379957/Michelangelo)

Moves To Rome

Dec 20, 1497

In 1497 Michelangelo moved to Rome. He sold the Bacchus and a cupid to a banker-client. Both were two of his most important works. The Bacchus and Cupid are now lost. He makes his first trip to Carrara for marble. Source:(http://100swallows.wordpress.com/michelangelo/michelangelo-timeline/)

Michelangelo Sculpts

Dec 20, 1501

In 1501, Cardinal Piccolomini ordered 15 statues for the Cathedral of Sienna. Michelangelo finishes four of them, begun by another sculptor, and adds one of his own, the St. Peter, before abandoning the project. This was the start of his bigger works. Source: (http://100swallows.wordpress.com/michelangelo/michelangelo-timeline/)

Michelangelo Sculpts the Statue of David

Dec 23, 1502

In 1502, he returns to Florence, and received an order from the local authorities for a bronze David and a colossal marble statue of David. The Cathedral Cabildo gives him an order for marble figures of the Twelve Apostles. The bronze david is now lost. Source: (http://100swallows.wordpress.com/michelangelo/michelangelo-timeline/)

Michelangelo Gets Called Back To Rome

Aug 31, 1505

In 1505, Michelangelo obtained a commission to paint a fresco for the Council Room of the city of Florence. Michelangelo only finished the cartoon drawings and he never started to paint the wall. He started but didn't finish two round marble reliefs, called tondi. He was also called to Rome to build a tomb for Pope Julius II. He spent nine months in Carrara, getting marble for it. Source: (http://100swallows.wordpress.com/)

Paints the Sistine Chapel

Jan 9, 1508

In 1508, Pope Julius decided to decorate The Sistine chapel and orders Michelangelo to fill the ceiling with frescoes. Michelangelo protests that he is no painter, rather a sculpter, but the Pope insists. Michelangelo began to work alone and in great discomfort. He finishes the ceiling in 1512. Source: (http://100swallows.wordpress.com/michelangelo/michelangelo-timeline/)

Hamburg

May 19, 1510

Hamburg became the free city of the holy Roman empire. At the time, Rome controlled most of the world. Hamburg was chosen to be the free city of the Roman empire out of thousands. Source: (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/germany/hamburg/)

Sir Thomas More

Mar 26, 1515

In 1515, Sir Thomas More (later made a saint) is famous for his book Utopia and for his martyrdom. As Chancellor to Henry VIII he refused to approve Henry's divorce of Queen Catherine. Because of this, More was imprisoned, tried and executed. This drama was made into a play and a film. Source: (http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/phl302/philosophers/more.html)

King Francis Luther

Apr 25, 1529

In 1529, King Francis founded the college of Francis Luther and Zwingli hoeld their disputation on the eucharist at Marburg. King Francis was the king of France from 1515 to 1547. He was in rule while Protestantism was spreading. Source: (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/F1.htm)

Lunatic Asylums Were Built

Feb 1, 1533

In 1533, the first lunatic asylums were built. Most people there were treated as prisoners rather than patients. Lunatic asylums are known today as psychiatric hospitals and are all over the globe to help patients. Source: (http://www.visualpast.com/timelines/1533-first-lunatic-asylum-opens/)

Florida Gets Explored

Apr 7, 1539

In 1539, Hernando de Soto explored Florida. Hernando was a spanish conquistador. He believed, however, that he would regain his fortune by finding gold in "La Florida." Hernando led the first European expedition to America. Source: (http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_soto/de_soto1.htm)

Michelangelo Died

Feb 18, 1564

On February 18, 1564, Michelangelo died $ days before, Michelangelo came down with a fever and he went for a walk, saying he couldn't rest. The next day he spent sitting next to the fireplace but finally crawled to bed.The Pope wanted to have him buried in St. Peter’s but Michelangelo’s nephew and heir, Leonardo, took the body back to Florence, where it is buried in Santa Croce. Hundreds of artists attended his funeral. Source: (http://www.biography.com/search-results?q=Michelangelo)