Michelangelo Research Paper

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Without the historical events to inspire the artists, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Jacques-Louis David, their historical achievements would have been limited. Michelangelo buonarroti, born march 6th 1475, grew to be an artist of the renaissance. Michelangelo grew up in the village of Caprese, and at the early age of 13, michelangelo apprenticed under Domenico Ghirlandaio. Domenico was a fashionable painter at the time in Florence, Italy. Not only was michelangelo a painter, but he also grew to be a sculptor, a poet, and had a great fascination with the human body. It is rumored that throughout his life Michelangelo struggled with depression, and he eventual passed away february 18th, 1564 after living a full life. (Encyclopedia Of …show more content…

Bernini was trained as a sculptor by his father, and being raised in rome for the majority of his life bernini was able to study the works of Michelangelo and Raphael. Throughout his life bernini was commissioned to work for many churches. Bernini eventually passed away, november 28, 1680, but his legacy as an artist lasted forever. (Encyclopaedia of the Early Modern World) Throughout Bernini's life, he was constantly sculpting and designing architecture for churches. Bernini worked on, St. Peter's Square in rome, angel with crown of thorns, the Corano Chapel in Rome, and even the Triton Fountain. Because the Baroque style has so much going on, a single church he may have worked in could have several art installations. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) During the baroque era, the popes affected how Bernini did his work. Urban VIII supported Bernini and was able to dominate the artistic scene. But Urban’s successor Innocent X drove Bernini out of rome and he was unable to work. Although, that small banishment didn't keep him out long, and soon enough he was working for Innocent X. (Encyclopedia of World

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