Michelangelo: Media
Italian artist
Videos
Michelangelo's The Last Judgment, Explained
Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint a fresco in the Sistine Chapel...
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Examine Details of Michelangelo's Pietà of 1499, Portraying the Virgin Mary Holding Jesus Christ After the Crucifixion
Learn about Michelangelo's Pietà of 1499, portraying the Virgin Mary holding...
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Discover How Michelangelo Came to Carve the David from a Badly Blocked Piece of Carrara Marble
Michelangelo accepted the challenge of creating a statue for the cathedral of Florence.
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The environmental impact of Carrara's marble quarries
Overview of marble quarrying in Carrara, Italy.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Inside the ongoing preservation of the Vatican
Learn about the restoration of tiles in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
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The architecture of St. Peter's Basilica
Overview of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
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Images
Michelangelo
An engraving of Michelangelo derived from a portrait of the artist by Jacopino del...
Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0)
Michelangelo: Detail of a Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco
Detail of a ceiling fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican...
© David Bleja/Fotolia
Michelangelo: Pietà
Pietà, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1498; in St. Peter's Basilica,...
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Michelangelo: David
David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1501–04; in the Galleria dell'Accademia,...
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Michelangelo: The Holy Family
Viewers observing The Holy Family, tempera on wood, by Michelangelo, 1505–06;...
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Michelangelo: The Creation of Adam
The Creation of Adam, detail of the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco by Michelangelo,...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Delphic Sibyl
Delphic Sibyl, detail of a fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Moses
Moses, marble sculpture by Michelangelo for the tomb of Pope Julius II,...
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Michelangelo: Dying Slave
Dying Slave, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1513–15; in the Louvre, Paris.
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Michelangelo: Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici
Marble tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo, 1520–34; in the Medici Chapel,...
Wojciech Stróżyk/Alamy
Michelangelo: Night
Night, marble sculpture from the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo,...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Dawn
Dawn, marble sculpture from the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo,...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Dusk
Dusk, marble sculpture from the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo,...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo, 1536–41; in the Sistine Chapel,...
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Michelangelo: Profile with Oriental Headdress
Profile with Oriental Headdress, sanguine drawing by Michelangelo, c. 1522;...
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David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1501–04; in the Accademia, Florence....
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: David
David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1501–04; in the Galleria dell'Accademia,...
© 2006 Index Open
Michelangelo: David
David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1501–04; in the Accademia, Florence.
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Michelangelo: David
David, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1504; in the Galleria dell'Accademia,...
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Medicean-Laurentian Library
The Medicean-Laurentian Library (identified by the long row of windows on the left)...
Richardfabi
Figure 58: The Medici Chapel, the New Sacristy of the church of San Lorenzo, Florence,...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Rome: Palazzo Farnese
Facade of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Michelangelo,...
Anderson—Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Pietà
Pietà, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1499; in St. Peter's Basilica,...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Figure 8: A simply designed interior space made vivid and compelling by frescoes...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Staircase of the Medicean-Laurentian Library, Florence
Staircase of the Medicean-Laurentian Library, Florence, designed by Michelangelo,...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel fresco
The Creation of Adam, detail of a ceiling fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12;...
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Jeremiah, painted by Michelangelo
Jeremiah, detail from a fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, c....
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The Last Judgment
Michelangelo: The Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo, 1536–41; in the...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Rome: Palazzo Farnese
Interior courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
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