Michelangelo Timeline

Birth

Jun 15, 1475

Michelangelo was born in 1475 in Caprese, Italy (Lace 6)

Sent to Live with a Woman in Sttignano

Dec 15, 1475

At six months old he was sent to live with a woman in Settignano. She was paid to care for him and teach him to be a gentlemen. His parents were very influential in the city and were to busy to take care of their son (Lace 11).

Becomes An Apprentice

Dec 15, 1488

In 1488 his father made him an apprentice to Donenic and David di Tommaso di Currado. He was their for 3 years where he would learn art and how to paint. This is where he began to realize that he had an amazing talent in painting. It was strange becaue noone in his family was interested in painting so it is unknown where he got his talent from (Lace 11).

Math Symbols

Dec 15, 1489

In 1489 the signs + and - came into use in math. THis was a huge contribution because it gave the basic structure to math. It is used in every equation in math (Grun 217).

The Inter Cetera Divina

Dec 15, 1493

In 1493 Pope Alexander 6th published the "Inter Cetera Divina". It was the dividing of the New World between Portugal and Spain. This seperated cultural exchange of ideas and religios ideas (Grun 218).

Creation of Algebra

Dec 15, 1494

In 1494 Luca di Pacidi invented Algebra. It included a study of problems of cubic problems. THis is the base of mathematics in modern day (Grun 219).

Carves Bacchus

Dec 15, 1496

In 1496 he carved the Bacchus. Bacchus was depicted as the god of wine. He is in a realing pose of drunkness. It is over lifesize because he loved the human body and made everything more than real life(wga.hu).

Sculpting The Pieta

Dec 15, 1497

The Pieta was created in 1497. It is located in St. Peters, Rome. His intention for the sculpture was to depict the everlasting beauty of mother mary and show that she would become the mother of the human race (Sahtin 18).

Creation of The First Book of Masses

Dec 15, 1502

In 1502 The First Book of Masses was created by Josquin des Pres. It was published by Ottaviano de Petrucci (Grun 223).

Painting The Battle of Cascina

Period: Dec 15, 1504 to Dec 15, 1506

From 1504-1506 he was commisioned to paint The Battle of Cascina. It was inspired by the attack on the Florentine army while they rested. He depicted the image when they sprang to fight off the army (artforbreakfast.org)

The Creation of Adam

Dec 16, 1511

In 1511 he began creating The Creation of Adam. He had took a break from painting for a little while and realized that the painting was slightly altered. This just shows you that he is one of the greatest artists of all time to notice his own mistake (michelangelo-gallery.com)

First use of word "masque"

Dec 15, 1512

In 1512 the word "masque" was used in a poetic drama. It was used as a disquise to depict and image on a character. It made poetry more dramatic and suspenseful (Grun 228).

Pope Leo the 10th was elected.

Oct 15, 1513

In 1513 Pope Leo the 10th was elected after Pope Julius the 2nds death. Was very influential to the Catholic church. He influenced many people including Michelangelo (Grun 218).

Becomes Governer

Dec 15, 1529

In 1529 he became governer of fortifications of Florence. He then fleed FLorence to escape to Venice. He would accomplish many more paintings after he flees (LAce 6).

Paints The Last Judgment

Dec 15, 1534

In 1534 Michelangelo was commisioned to paint The Last Judgment. It was painted on the Sistine Chapel. The preperations for the painting took about a year. He wanted to make sure that the dampness would not ruin the painting so he built a whole new wall to make sure that the problems were resolved (Lace 6).

Death

Dec 15, 1564

In 1564 Michelangelo died in his home in Rome (Lace 6).