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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [a] (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, [b] [1] was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, [2] and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art.
Thus Michelangelo set the tomb aside to paint a fresco in the Sistine Chapel. [8] Michelangelo was commissioned to do the tombs of Lorenzo de' Medici's grandson, Giuliano, duke of Nemours and Lorenzo's third son, and popes Leo X and Clement VII, both Medici; also Lorenzo il Magnifico. Only two were completed: Giuliano's and Lorenzo's.
Spanish prose gained popularity in the mid-thirteenth century when Alfonso X of Castile gave support and recognition to the writing form. He, with the help of his groups of intellectuals, directed the composition of many prose works including Las siete partidas, the first modern book of laws of the land written in the people's language.
Given the ceremonial and personal significance of the chapel, it was to be expected that the Pope would require the services of a great artist for its decoration, and, in the opinion of both the Papacy and the people, there was no one greater than Michelangelo. [4] Detail of the Crucifixion of St. Peter by Michelangelo in the Cappella Paolina.
Old Spanish (roman, romançe, romaz; [3] Spanish: español medieval), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and most famous literary composition in Old Spanish is the Cantar de mio Cid (c. 1140–1207).
For the rest, one can only guess the type of decorations that could exist based on manuscripts copied from Visigothic models. The most visible influence on manuscripts of the following periods is especially present in the writing: the Visigothic minuscule, created at this time, continues to be used in Spanish monastic scriptoria until the 12th. [1]
To say “Sin” is about Michelangelo is much too reductive. Rather than offering up a definitive portrait of the Italian artist, Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky has crafted instead He’s ...
Black chalk on laid paper 39.8 × 27.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London [12] The Fall of Phaëthon 1533 31.2 × 21.5 cm British Museum, London: Pietà for Vittoria Colonna c. 1538–44 Black chalk on paper 28.9 × 18.9 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston [13] Crucified Christ c. 1541 36.8 × 26.8 cm British Museum, London: Epifania ...