Period+1+Michelangelo

Bio  Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 at Caprese, in Tuscany. His full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Michelangelo’s parents names were // Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and Francecsa Neri. When Michelangelon was 6 years old, his mother died. In 1485, Michelangelo’s father sent him to the school of master. His teacher was Francesco Galeota. Francesco was from Urbino and taught grammar. Michelangelo then went to Rome where he studied // // unearthed statues and ruins. Later, he produced the over-life-size Bacchus, his first large-sized sculpture. // Later into Michelangelo life he then made the sculpture David. It is 14.24 feet tall. He made David between 1501 to 1504 after he returned to Florence. // //  __**Internet Resources**__

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html [webgalleryofart.com] This website has a bunch of information on Michelangelo’s lifetime. There are also a lot of hyperlinks bounded into the text. The links show many things such as pictures that Michelangelo had drawn. This is a really good website. http://www.answers.com/topic/michelangelo [answers.com] This site gives good facts on Michelangelo.

http://www.facts-about.org.uk/famous-people-artists-michelangelo.htm [facts-about.org ]  This website gives you facts on Michelangelo and his lifetime. It is an ok website BBC Press office http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/05/divine_michelangelo_timeline.shtml Shows a timeline of Michelangelo life and when he made his sculptures. It does not have any pictures on this site. Also it does not have a lot of information only short sentences on his life. It is an okay website to get a quick timeline done. Michelangelo website http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html On this website it has a lot of pictures and links to them. Also has pictures of famous sculptures he made for example David. It has a lot of information on his life and his final days.