Renaissance+Art

Not only was he an artist, Michelangelo was also a poet. Most of his life, Michelangelo lived in Rome. In 1564, Michelangelo died in Rome at the age of 88. He was born near Tuscany and lived from 1475 until 1564. || Lorenzo de' Medici, son of Cosimo, was part of the famous Medici family. The Medicis were a sucessful banking family who became leaders in the city of Florence, Italy. Banking, at the time, was seen as a horrible and unholy act, so they did it in secret. When Lorenzo became the head of the family and the city, he was excellent at maintaning the town, but his neglect of the banking business led to the end of their family's bank. Lorenzo was a patron of the arts, which meant that he was a wealthy supporter of an artist or writer. Later in Lorenzo's life, the city of Florence was controlled by a man named Girolamo Savonarola, and the Medicis no longer had political power over Florence. Lorenzo de' Medici died on April 8, in the year 1492, and he had lived for 43 years. || Claudius Ptolemaeus lived in Egypt, but wrote in Greek. Ptolemaeus was a cartographer, and he is famous for his map called Geographia, also known as the Ptolemy map. Geographia was a book that consisted of various maps for different places, such as the Atlantic Ocean, China, and the Alps. The beginning of Geographia was about how the maps were created, and it gives readers lessons on how to become cartographers. Unfortunately, Ptolemy's data was not accurate, so his maps were distorted a bit. Almagest is another famous work of Claudius's, and it refers to astronomy, or space. The Almagest contains drawings of many different constellations and a star catalogue, used to locate stars in the sky. || In this sketch, the famous inventor and artist, Leonardo da Vinci, drew his idea of a vehicle, similar to a car. Behind the heavy-duty machine, Leonardo drew an army of people to show that the large, powerful car that he imagined can easily protect a bunch of people and lead an army through danger. Along with this piece, da Vinci has created sketches of diving suits, helicopter propellers, and a large machine that lifts heavy objects. His personal journal is full of pictures and drawings of inventions, artworks, and ideas that Leonardo has. He is the most famous man of the Renaissance because of his vast amount of ideas and abilities to make amazing things. ||
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 * In Michelangelo's painting, The Creation Of Adam, the artist has painted a scene in which God is creating the first man, Adam. The painting is painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was a master at painting ceilings, and he would lay down flat on a board that hung down from the ceiling then paint without moving for hours. Michelangelo sculpted, built, and painted many beautiful pieces of art, such as the Statue Of David, the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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