Michelangelo once said “Genius is Eternal Patience.” Michelangelo spent most of his life in the city of Florence caprese near arezzo. Michelangelo had influenced many others like Raphael. Michelangelo was the man responsible for the priceless paintings in the sistine chapel. Those were some of the contributions that Michelangelo contributed to the Renaissance a long time ago.
Michelangelo was born in March,6 1475 in Florence Caprese near Arezzo. In the early life of Michelangelo he was not really into school. The young boy preferred to copy paintings from churches. Lorenzo’s death on April,8 1492 brought a complete reversal of Michelangelo’s circumstances. Michelangelo left the security of the Medici court and returned to his father’s house. Michelangelo’s interest showed nothing than copying paintings from churches and also seek the company of the painters. Michelangelo’s father sent him to study grammar with the humanist Francesco da Urbino In Florence as a young boy. In 1489 Ghirlando was asked by the ruler of Florence (Lorenzo de Medici) to send him his best students for continued
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The contemporary opinion about his work-”a revelation of all the potentialities and force of the art of sculpture”-was summarized by Vasari: “ it is certainly a miracle that a formless block of stone could ever have been reduced to a perfection that nature is scarcely able to create in the flesh.” Michelangelo’s ability to sculpt and paint made him famous like one of his most famous paintings like The Last Judgement and one of his most famous sculptures The David. One of Michelangelo’s most memorable accomplishment was The Battle of The Centaurs. One interesting fact about this painting is that it is incomplete and not finished