introduction of michelangelo(1475-1564)

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1、Michelangelo（1475-1564米开朗基罗）In1475MichelangeloBuonarrotiwasbornintoapoorfamilywhoconsideredthemselvesnoble.Histalentforartwasdiscoveredwhenhewas13whenheassistedDomenicoGhirlandaio,whoatthetimewaspaintingachapelinthechurchofSantaMaria.ThisknowledgeearnedhimachancetostudyatLorenzo(theGreat)de'Medici'

2、shouse(Honour448).Heremainedthereforthreeyears.DuringthistimehewasexposedtotheNeoplatonicthoughtofclassicscholarssuchaspoetAngeloPolizianoandphilosopherMarisilioFicino.ThushisearlydrawingsandsculpturessuchastheMadonnaoftheStairsandBattleoftheCentaursweregreatlyinfluencebyGiotto,Masaccio,andDonatell

3、o.From1494to1501heturnedhisattentiontothechurchproducingseveralpiecesincludingthestatuettesforSanPetronio(Bologna),Bacchus(Bargello,Florence)andthePietà(St.Peter's,Rome)(MichelangeloBuonarroti).BacktoArtintheRenaissanceChronologyThesestatueswereonlyslightlyinfluencedbyclassicalart,howeverhisnextjob

4、theDavidreliesheavilyonthatantiquity.(Weinberg74).Thisstatueembodiesanidealisticandnaturalisticviewofman.TheDavidwasconstructedforthenewFlorencerepublicin1504tosymbolizetheirnewsuperiorformofgovernment(Honor449).ItexhibitsmanyoftheHellenicideaswhichcouldbefoundinclassicGreekart.Forexample,hisfeetan

5、dhandsaredisproportionatelylarge.Thisportraystheideathatmanispowerful(Honor448).ThenameofthestatuecouldalsobeusedtoillustratetheRenaissanceideaofsecularism.Schaeffer,acontemporaryarthistorian,arguesthattheDaviddoesnotrefertothebiblicalcharacterduetothefactthatthestatueisuncircumcised.InsteadtheDavi

6、drepresentstheidealhuman(72).ThiscanbeconnectedtothefamousGreekphilosopher,Protagoras,whosetheorythat'manisthemeasureofall,'wasdevelopedintheHellenicera.TakingintoaccounttheperfectionofDavid'sbodythechoiceofname,andhisoverpoweringstance,onecaninferthatmankindwasthestandardforall.Thiswasoneofthemain

7、themesoftheRenaissance.AftertheDavid,heleftthesecularartworldtosculpttheBrugesMadonna(NotreDame,Bruges)andpainttheTheHolyFamily(Uffizi)(MichelangeloBuonarroti).ThenIn1505PopeJuliusIIcommissionedhimtodohisse