Michelangelo Biography
Michelangelo Biography
Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork.
Michelangelos artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity
in its natural state. Michelangelos poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi
even though he was complementing him. Michelangelos sculpture brought out his
optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II
and persevered through its many revisions trying to complete his vision. Sculpture
was Michelangelos main goal and the love of his life. Since his art portrayed both
optimism and pessimism, Michelangelo was in touch with his positive and negative
sides, showing that he had a great and stable personality.
Michelangelos artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in its natural state. Michelangelo Buonarroti was called to Rome in 1505 by Pope Julius II to create for him a monumental tomb. We have no clear sense of what the
tomb was to look like, since over the years it went through at least five conceptual
revisions. The tomb was to have three levels; the bottom level was to have
sculpted figures representing Victory and bond slaves. The second level was to
have statues of Moses and Saint Paul as well as symbolic figures of the active and
contemplative life-representative of the human striving for,
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