MichelangeloBorn at Caprese, the son of the local magistrate, his family returned to Florence soon after his birth. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was a brilliant Italian artist who is best known for such masterpieces as the triumphant sculpture David, the controversial Last Judgement, and his paintings on the magnificent ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He was perhaps more a sculptor at heart than he was a painter, and thus Vasari quoted him saying, "I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint."
His mother died when he was only six years old, and Michelangelo's father, recognizing the boy's intellectual potential, enrolled him in the school of master linguist Francesco Galeota to prepare young Michelangelo for a career in business. It was here, as he studied Latin, that Michelangelo met a student of painter Domenico Ghirlandaio and decided to follow his artistic desires by agreeing to apprentice in the painter's workshop.
Soon after joining Ghirlandaio to learn the art of fresco painting, Michelangelo left his apprenticeship to study sculpture and anatomy at the school in the Medici gardens. His early success there won him an invitation to the home of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, and, more importantly, exposed him to noted humanists, scientists, and poets who were regulars at the Medici court.
He lives 89 years, has a 70 years art experience, his rich experience of frustration and success was mixed into his art with a dramatic effect, in both his oil paintings and sculptures. Michelangelo
