Presentations on Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon ( 1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo.
He was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
Groups will produce presentations based on
- 10 images (or more)
- bulleted and brief info
- documentation on each image
- detailed paragraph of comparison (to Leonardo, Caravaggio, etc) in final slide; use examples.
- 15 pts.
- presentations will be delivered on Fri in the PAC - to related classes.
Topics -
1. Early life in Tuscany
2. Early adulthood: Florence and the Medici
3. the Pieta, Laocoon, Bacchus and Roma
4. Il Davido: the heroic statue of David
5. the tomb of Pope Julius II
6. the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
7. funerary chapel in the basilica of San Lorenzo
8. the fresco of The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel
9. censorship and Michelangelo
10. architectural projects: St. Peter's, Palazzo Farnese, San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, the Sforza Chapel (Capella Sforza) in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Porta Pia and Santa Maria degli Angeli
11. comparison of Michelangelo and Leonardo
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