Michelangelo in the RenaissanceProf. Bergstein 2012
Florence Rome
Michelangelo in Florence and Rome: 1504-1512
Cathedral of FlorenceS.M. del Fiore
Brunelleschi’s Dome
Palazzo della Signoria, “Palazzo Vecchio” ca. 1290
Torso del Belvedere >>>>>>>>>>>>Vatican, Rome, Greco-Roman
Raphael
Pope Julius II(r. 1503-13)
Raphael
Pope Julius II(r. 1503-13)
“We all started to draw . . .”
Letter to Giovanni da PistoiaFrom Michelangelo
“I’m no painter.”
Ceiling of Sistine Chapel
1508-12
Domenico del GhirlandaioS. Maria Novella, FlorenceFresco (detail) Birth of the Virgin
Michelangelo was Ghirlandaio’s apprentice
Libyan Sibyl
Syncretism: Greco-Roman, Jewish, Christian
Preparatory Drawings for Libyan Sibyl
(Detail from) Creation of the Sun, Moon, Stars
Separation of Light from DarknessWith Ignudi1512
Ancestors of Christ, Sistine Ceiling
Restoration of the Sistine Chapel CeilingCleaning?Damaging?Ruined forever?