Michelangelo
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Updated: 12 Oct 2017
litty timeline of Michelangelo's life and most important moments
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Created byPetra Poljak
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Birtch of Michelangelo. (1475)Quits school and becomes
apprentice of Ghirlandaio. (1488)Stops being an apprentice
and starts studying sculpturing
in Medici house. (1489)Leaves the Medici house
but shortly comes back. (1492)Moves to Rome where his
work (BACCHUS) is sold for
the first time. (1497)Sculpts Pietà for
French cardinal
(1498)returns to Florence. Creates marble
and bronze statue (DAVID).
Also, sculpts 12 Apostles by
order for Cathedral Cabildo.
(1502)Finishes what today is the
only surviving easel painting
by him (MADONNA DONI)
(1503)Michelangelo flees the city to
Bologna. Sculpts
statues for San
Domenico tomb (1495)Is called to build a tomb
for Pope Julius II. (1505)Leaves Rome after the
tomb request is canceled,
in anger and frustration.
(1506)Returns to apologize and
receives another request
from the Pope.
(November 1507)Mother dies. he is given to a
stonecutter and his
wife as caretakers. (1481)Begins painting Sistine Chapel
ceiling with discomfort
(1508)Completes Sistine
Chapel ceiling (1512)Begins the process of
working on Moses.
(1513)Asked to design Medici's
family church with 10 statues.
(1516)Medici project and tomb
project canceled suddenly
by Pope Leo. (1520)Begins working on
Laurentian library. still,
is devoted to Julius
tomb project. (1524)Suspends work because
of Florence being
under attack. (1527-1528)Flees Florence. Declared as
traitor. returns after Pope's
promise of immunity if he
finishes Medici Chapel figures.
(1529)Finishes two Medici Chapel
figures (DAWN and NIGHT)
(1531)Moves to Rome. Signs contract
with heirs for smaller tomb for Julius.
Heirs accuse him of lying about money.
Leaves him close to despair. (1532)Pope Clement request a
painting of The Last Judgement
for the Sistine Chapel. He
returns to Florence to Medici
family shortly, he then leaves the
house and works, forever. (1532)Pope Clement dies, new Pope
(Paul III) asks him to paint
The Last Judgement. (1534)Completes The Last Judgement fresco
painting. Meets Vittoria Colonna,
to whom he dedicates many
drawings and poems. (1541)Julius tomb is completed and
set up.
Most works were finished
byassistants and Michelangelo
was not satisfied with the
end results. (1545)Begins his own
tomb's
Florentine Pietà
(1546)Pope Paul III declares
Michelangelo as official
architect of the St.
Peter's Basilica.Completed and final
model of the Dome.
(1561)Destroys his tomb's Florentine
Pietà in frustration. (1555)Works on Rodanini Pietà without
breaks, food, or sleep. He gets a
fever and decides to go walk in the
cold air. He then feels even worse
and stays in bed. (1564)Shortly dies and is
buried in Santa Croce.
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