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Period: Jan 1, 1330 to Jan 1, 1550
Italian Renaissance
Italian Renaissance -
Period: Jan 1, 1434 to
Medici Rule
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Mar 6, 1475
Birth
Michalengelo born in Caprese. -
Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo's Life
Michelangelo's Life -
Aug 9, 1481
Death of Mother
Death of Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena (Michelangelo's mother) when he was six. -
Jan 1, 1485
Michelangelo attended school
Michelangelo started to attend attended school. He was taught by humanist Francesco da Urbino untill. -
Aug 9, 1487
Apprenticeship to Domenico Ghirlandaio
Michelangelo became an apprentice tp the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio -
Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jan 1, 1492
Worked in the Medici household
Worked in the Medici household -
Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1495
Worked in Bologna
1494-95 Worked in Bologna -
Dec 1, 1495
Returned to Florence
Returned to Florence, carved the Sleeping Cupid and St. John the Babptist. -
Period: Jan 1, 1496 to Jan 1, 1501
Carved the Bacchus and the Rome Pietà
Moved to Rome. Carved the Bacchus and the Rome Pietà -
Jan 1, 1501
Returned to Florence
Returned to Florence. Contracted to carve figures for the Piccolomini altar and received the commission to carve the David -
Jan 1, 1504
Completed the David
Completed the David. Received commission to paint the Battle of Cascina -
Jan 1, 1505
Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II
Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II; commissioned to create the tomb for the pope. Spent eight months in the quarries of Carrara selecting marble for the tomb -
Period: Jan 1, 1505 to Jan 1, 1545
Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II
Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II on and off, in both Rome and Florence, carved Moses, the Rebellious and Dying Slaves, Rachel, and Leah. Was never fully paid, so the tomb was never completed. -
Apr 1, 1506
Returned to Florence
1506 Returned to Florence (April). Michelangelo and Pope Julius II reconciled in Bologna (November) -
Period: Jan 1, 1508 to Jan 1, 1512
Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1508-1512 In Rome painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (finished October 1512) -
Feb 1, 1508
ummoned to Rome by Pope Julius II to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Returned to Florence (February). Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II and asked to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -
Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1534
Working for the Medici Family in Florence
Spent these years working mostly for the Medici family in Florence. He designed and carved tombs for the family Designed the Medici Chapel -
Jan 1, 1524
Commissioned to design the Laurentian Library
Commissioned to design the Laurentian Library at San Lorenzo -
Jan 1, 1532
Visited Rome
1532 Visited Rome, met Tommaso de'Cavalieri and presented him with gifts of drawings and poems. Signed new contract for the tomb of Pope Julius II -
Period: Jan 1, 1536 to Jan 1, 1541
Painting the Last Judgement
Painting the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. Completed and unveiled in 1541 -
Jan 1, 1545
Completed Tomb of Julius II
Tomb of Julius II completed and installed in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Still working on the Pauline Chapel frescoes (to 1550) -
Jan 1, 1546
ichelangelo appointed chief architect at St Peter's
1546 Michelangelo appointed chief architect at St Peter's and the Farnese Palace -
Jan 1, 1555
Michelangelo completed the Florentine Pietà
Michelangelo completed the Florentine Pietà. -
Feb 18, 1564
Death
Michelangelo dies at home in Macel de'Corvi, Rome