The Influence Of Lorenzo Medici's Death On Michelangelo

Lorenzo Medici’s death on April 8, 1492, changed Michelangelo’s situation greatly. Michelangelo left the Medici court. He made a Wooden crucifix 1493, as a gift to the prior of the church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito.She allowed him to do anatomy with the churches corpses. Then bought the marble for a larger than life statue of Hercules. He came back into the Medici court in 1494, the same year, however, the Medici were expelled from Florence after the rise of Savonarola. He moved to Bolgna and was commissioned to finish the carving of the last small figures of the tomb and shrine of St. Dominic. He returned to Florence at the end of 1494, as Charles VIII had suffered defeats and Florence was no longer in danger of being taken over by the