Michelangelo

On March 6, Michelangelo was brought into this world by his mother, Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena, and his father, Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, in Caprese, Italy in 1475. His mother pasted away in 1481, when he was just six years old; during that time, he was placed with a family of stonecutters. At the age of 13, he engaged to the Florentine painter’s workshop because he had no interest in what his family’s business was. There he was introduced to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, and he was exposed to the technique of fresco. On July 4, 1496 he began to work on the marble statue of the Roman god of wine, “Bacchus.” After that statue was finished, it was rejected by the cardinal. In 1497, he carved “Pieta.” That is the
Michelangelo used a certain strategy while sculpting and painting. Transplantation technique is the technique Michelangelo has used on many of his sculptures, that means he was taking a variety of different body parts and forming one man. It often was noticed because one couldn’t identify the age of the man in the sculpture because the face or body was a different age wise. “David” is a complete masterpiece created between 1501 and 1504. In the sculpture “David,” his age is very unclear; he has a mature face, an old hand, and a torso of a young man. Sometimes the awkwardness of the different body parts might have resulted because of Michelangelo assigning different locations or spots for his assistants to help him with. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling includes the transplantation of body parts of men also; it was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. It shows up throughout the series of paintings on the ceiling representing the scenes from the first book of the bible. The complex design includes many individuals, both clothed and nude. Michelangelo painted and sculpted many pieces that involved religion. When I started to observe many of his sculptures I realized one that had some transplantation to it. The sculpture “Crucifix,” was finished in 1492 by Michelangelo; It is a sculpture of Jesus hanging from the cross, and it implies different ages based off the skills he used. The face of Jesus is to be older and wiser, while his legs and arms are much younger and skinnier, and his torso is like a teenager. While trying to find another sculpture to analyze, “The Genius of Victory” is an amazing sculpture with a background that is incredible. It links the works to the slaves; the twisting of the body. It doesn’t represent them fighting; it represents them winning. “The Genius of Victory” is a 1532-1534 marble