Buonarroti Simoni
Michelangelo
Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect & poet
born 1475 - died 1564
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The Last Judgement: Christ the Judge
Fresco, 1541
539 1/4 x 480 1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Creation of Adam [Adam's face]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [left]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [right]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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The Last Judgement
Fresco, 1541
539 1/4 x 480 1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise - The Original Sin
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
아무리 뛰어난 예술가라도 소용없다네
다만 대리석이 제 몸을 드러내어야 하지
대리석이 일러주는데로 그마음을 읽고
조각가는 손을 놀려서 빚어낼 따름이라네
잉크와 펜이 다를 게 없지만
잘된 시도 나오고 모자란 시도 나오네
그저 그런 시도 있다네
다만 대리석에
고귀하고 천박한 형태가 있다면
그건 순전히 망치를 든 사람 탓일세
나의 영혼이 신을 닮았다면
바깥의 아름다움을 탐닉하지 않았을 것을
이제 덧없는 가치에는 더 이상 눈돌리지 않으리
영원한 형태가 나에게 이리오라 손짓하네
미켈란젤로
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David [detail]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici: Lorenzo de' Medici [detail: 1]
Marble, 1524-1531
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Victory [detail: 1]
Marble, 1532-1534
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
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David
Marble, 1504
170 3/4 x 0 inches (434 x 00 cm)
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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David [detail: rear view]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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David [detail: side/rear view]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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David [detail]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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The Last Judgement [detail: 1]
Fresco, 1541
539 1/4 x 480 1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Slave (dying) [detail: 1]
Marble, c.1513
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Victory
Marble, 1532-1534
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
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Rebellious Slave
Marble, c.1513
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, Noah 7-9: The Flood, right view
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise - The Expulsion
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Sybils: Erithraea
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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the Fall of Adam and Eve
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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The Creation of Man (detail)
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Noah's Drunkenness
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Two Figures (Study for The Last Judgement)
Red chalk, 1541
Private collection
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Crouching Boy
Marble, 1530-1533
Hermitage, St Petersburg
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David/Apollo
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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David/Apollo [detail: 1]
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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David/Apollo [detail: 2]
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist
Marble, 1505-1506
32 3/8 x 32 3/8 inches (82.5 x 82.5 cm)
Royal Academy of Arts, London
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Madonna (Tondo Pitti)
Marble, 1504-1505
50 3/8 x 32 1/4 inches (128 x 82 cm)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Madonna (Tondo Pitti) [detail: 1]
Marble, 1504-1505
50 3/8 x 32 1/4 inches (128 x 82 cm)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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St Matthew
Marble, 1503
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
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Madonna and Child
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges
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Madonna and Child [detail: 1]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges
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Madonna and Child [detail: 2]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges
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Madonna and Child [detail: 3]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges
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Bacchus
Marble, 1497
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Bacchus [detail: 1]
Marble, 1497
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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Angel with Candlestick
Marble, 1494-1495
San Domenico, Bologna
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Angel with Candlestick [detail: 1]
Marble, 1494-1495
San Domenico, Bologna
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St Petronius
Marble, 1494
San Domenico, Bologna
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Madonna of the Stairs
Marble, 1490-1492
21 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (55.5 x 40 cm)
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
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The Conversion of Saul
Fresco, 1545
246 x 260 1/8 inches (625 x 661 cm)
Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
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The Conversion of Saul [detail]
Fresco, 1545
Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
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The Last Judgement [detail: 3]
Fresco, 1541
539 1/4 x 480 1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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The Last Judgement [detail: 3]
Fresco, 1541
539 1/4 x 480 1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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The Last Judgement [detail]
Fresco, 1541
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Tomb of Giuliano de Medici
Marble, 1526-1533
248 x 165 1/4 inches (630 x 420 cm)
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Day
Marble, 1526-1533
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Giuliano de' Medici
Marble, 1526-1533
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Giuliano de' Medici [detail: 1]
Marble, 1526-1533
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Night
Marble, 1526-1533
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Night [detail: 1]
Marble, 1526-1533
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence