ARH 369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Michelangelo, Riario, Lapiths

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARH 369
• Professor: Tanja Jones

Document Summary

Michelangelo buonarroti: born in florence, his tomb was created by vasari in florence. Madonna of the stairs: michelangelo, 1489-1492, florence, marble, he created this when he was 14 this was his earliest known work these relief plaques were very common in italy low relief style with scratched relief. Mater ecclesiae (mother of the church: muscular child - shows he was extraordinary from birth. Battle of lapiths and centaurs: michelangelo, florence, 1492, roman mythological narrative, battle between the lapiths (a group of people) and the centaurs (half human, half horse) Bacchus: michelangelo, 1496, rome, commissioned by a roman cardinal named riario the cardinal rejects this sculpture and then ends up going into the collection of a. Puts it in his ancient sculpture garden even though it was a newly created sculpture representation of bacchus who is the god of wine with a satyr/fawn behind him.