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Michelangelo Buonarroti

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  • Mar 6, 1475

    Birth of Michelangelo

    6 March 1475- was born in Caprese near Florence (Italy). A few weeks after his birth, the family moved to Florence
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Michelangelo starts his career

    1488 (no specific date)- Michelangelo became apprenticed to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. He then moved into in the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, who was the leading patron of the arts in Florence.
  • Jan 1, 1496

    Michelangelo goes to Rome

    After the Medici were expelled from Florence, Michelangelo went to Bologna and then, in 1496, to Rome. His more important works were sculptures at the time. (no specific date)
  • Jan 1, 1497

    Michelangelo gets famous

    Michelangelo gets famous
    1497- Michelangelo’s 'Pietà' made him famous. He returned to Florence as a famous sculptor. (no specific date)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1504

    "David"

    1501-1504- Michelangelo painted 'David' (no specific date)
  • Jan 1, 1505

    Julius' tomb

    Julius' tomb
    1505- Pope Julius II told Michelangelo to go back to Rome and commissioned him to design Julius' tomb. The project was never completed because of quarrels between Julius and Michelangelo and the “many other demands on the artist's time”, although Michelangelo did make a sculpture of Moses for the tomb. (no specific date)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1508 to Jan 1, 1512

    Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    1508-1512- Michelangelo's next major commission- the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was recognized as a great work of art and from then on Michelangelo was regarded as “Italy's greatest living artist”. Leo X, the new pope, later commissioned Michelangelo to rebuild the façade of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. They eventually gave up on the project, but it marks the beginning of Michelangelo's activity as an architect. (no specific date)
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Return to Rome

    1534- Michelangelo returned to Rome. (no specific date)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1537 to Jan 1, 1541

    "The Last Judgement"

    1537-1541- Was commissioned to paint 'The Last Judgement' on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.(no specific date)
  • Jan 1, 1546

    Becomes more acitve as an architect

    From 1546 on- he became more and more active as an architect, on the great church of St Peter's in particular.
  • Feb 18, 1564

    Death of Michelangelo

    18 February 1564- died in Rome.