HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Caprese Michelangelo, Pope Leo X
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He wanted rome to become the capital of the world. Tore down the old st. peter"s basilica and built a new one. He enlisted italy"s greatest artists, including the great sculptor michelangelo. A. 3. a. invited him to stay at medici"s home. Left florence and moved to rome in 1496. In rome, m carved the pieta in 1498 and critics called the work of art a masterpiece. 1504- created the 16-foot-tall marble statue of david expresses the renaissance belief in human dignity and greatness: sistine chapel. 1508- pope julius ii asked m to paint the ceiling of the sistine chapel, which was built in 1481 in the vatican (pope"s headquarters in rome) For three years (1508-1511), m painted images on the 5800-square-foot ceiling. contains 9 paintings. D. 3. a. the creation, the story of adam, the story of noah: later work. Julius ii lived just long enough to see michelangelo finish the sistine ceiling.
