NAME OF ARTIST | DESCRIPTION |
MICHELANGELO | HE WAS AN ITALIAN SCULPTOR, PAINTER, ARCHITECT, AND POET OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE. HE WAS BORN IN THE REPUBLIC OF FLORENCE HIS WORK WAS INSPIRED BY MODELS FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND HAD A LASTING INFLUENCE ON WESTERN ART. MICHELANGELO’S CREATIVE ABILITIES AND MASTERY IN A RANGE OF ARTISTIC ARENAS DEFINE HIM AS AN ARCHETYPAL RENAISSANCE MAN, ALONG WITH HIS RIVAL AND ELDER CONTEMPORARY, LEONARDO DA VINCI.[3] GIVEN THE SHEER VOLUME OF SURVIVING CORRESPONDENCE, SKETCHES, AND REMINISCENCES, MICHELANGELO IS ONE OF THE BEST-DOCUMENTED ARTISTS OF THE 16TH CENTURY. HE WAS LAUDED BY CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHERS AS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST OF HIS ERA |
NAME | DESCRIPTION | CITY | STATE/COUNTRY |
BIRTHPLACE | MUSEO CASA NATALE DI MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI – HOUSE MUSEUM | CAPRESE REPUBLIC OF FLORENCE | ITALY |
HOUSE-FAMILY MOVED | CASA BUONARROTI-VIA GHIBELLINA 70 | FLORENCE | ITALY |
MUSEUM/CHURCH | ST PETERS BASILICA- PIETA | ROME | ITALY |
MUSEUM | GALLERIA DELL ACADEMIA -DAVID | FLORENCE | ITALY |
MUSEUM | SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING | ROME | ITALY |
MUSEUM | SAN PIETRO IN VINCOLI-MOSES | ROME | ITALY |
CHURCH | THE LAST JUDGEMENT- SISTINE CHAPEL VATICAN CITY | ROME | ITALY |
HOUSE HE VISITED | CASA DI MICHELANGELO -VIA DELLA PASSEGGIATA DEL GIANICOLO – 00165 | ROME | ITALY |
HOUSE WHERE HE DIED | PALAZZO DELLE ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI DI VENEZIA (HMDB) Via Macel de’ Corvi, | ROME | ITALY |
BURIAL | CHURCH OFSANTA CROCE | FLORENCE | ITALY |