Michelangelo

=Michelangelo Buonarroti 1496-1564=

====**//Michelangelo considered himself first and foremost a sculptor, but he also excelled as a painter, an architect, and a poet--truly, a Renaissance Man//**. He was known for being moody and negative, a "brooding artist" type. He was about 20 years younger than Leonardo da Vinci, and a famous feud existed between the two artists, fueled by jealousies and rivalries over patronage. Some of Michelangelo's most famous works are pictured below.====

====Explore the following websites and the captions that accompany the pictures below to discover more about Michelangelo's life and famous works of art, answering the questions on your worksheet as you go:==== http://www.history.com/topics/michelangelo http://www.moodbook.com/history/renaissance/michelangelo-art-and-life.html

=**SCULPTURES: PIETÁ AND DAVID**=

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(and also https://soundaffairs.wordpress.com/production-themes/dissection/ if you want more information on his scientific background!) =**PAINTING: THE SISTINE CHAPEL**= You can also look at this website to see a 360-degree virtual tour of Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel: https://www.michelangelo.org/ =ARCHITECTURE: ST. PETER'S BASILICA=