{"id":13013,"date":"2017-07-26T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T05:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?p=13013"},"modified":"2017-07-25T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T12:03:33","slug":"michelangelo-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/florence\/michelangelo-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Things you Might Not Know About Michelangelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to engage with Florence \u2013 from the whirlwind tour of the first-time visitor to the microscopic examination of the repeat visitor intent on peeling back history\u2019s layers to peek below the surface. Take Michelangelo. Everybody knows who he is. His <em>David<\/em> has drawn tourists to Florence for centuries. But understanding the context in which Michelangelo sculpted the iconic Florence landmark will introduce you to a vibrant society of rivals, teachers, friends and foes \u2013 all of whom helped to shape Michelangelo\u2019s life and art and are certain to enliven your next trip there. Here are <strong>six lesser-known Michelangelo facts<\/strong> and how to <strong>learn more about them by exploring Florence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fresco Master<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Michelangelo began his artistic training as an apprentice in the studio one of Florence&#8217;s great fresco painters: Domenico Ghirlandaio. He didn\u2019t last long under Ghirlandaio\u2019s direction \u2013 only two years. But the experience was formative. This is when Michelangelo would discover the genius of Masaccio. And when he learned the skills necessary to later work his magic on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13015\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/smarco.jpg?resize=700%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ghirlandaio workshop fresco of the Last Supper at San Marco\" width=\"700\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/smarco.jpg?resize=700%2C550&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/smarco.jpg?resize=350%2C275&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/smarco.jpg?resize=768%2C603&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/smarco.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghirlandaio workshop fresco of the Last Supper at San Marco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When in Florence, go on a treasure hunt for these masterpieces by Ghirlandaio and his team of skilled apprentices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>St Jerome<\/em>, (1480), Ognissanti<\/li>\n<li><em>The Madonna and Child adored by St Zenobius and St Justus<\/em>, (c.1483), Uffizi<\/li>\n<li><em>The Last Supper<\/em>, (1486), Convent of San Marco<\/li>\n<li><em>The Adoration of the Magi<\/em>, (1488-89), Ospedale degli Innocenti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>It was a Battle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Michelangelo didn\u2019t last long in Ghirlandaio\u2019s workshop in part because Lorenzo the Magnificent, then head of the Medici family and fortune, dropped by one day looking for promising young sculptors to train. Lorenzo bemoaned the waning of an art form that flourished in Florence in the years of the early Renaissance but appeared lost with the deaths of Verrocchio and Donatello. Lorenzo decided to establish a school with his impressive collection of classical statuary at its core. When he showed up at Ghirlandaio\u2019s workshop scouting for potential talent, the painter recommended Michelangelo.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo placed the talented teenager under the tutelage of the elderly master-sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni, who had been a pupil and long time collaborator of Donatello. Lorenzo often teased Michelangelo, wondering out loud if he had it in him to become as great an artist as Donatello. The jibes worked: when Lorenzo gave Michelangelo his first piece of marble to work, the young man deliberately emulated Donatello\u2019s low relief style to create <em>Madonna of the Stairs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11215\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-madonna-steps.jpg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Michelangelo, Madonna of the Stairs.\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-madonna-steps.jpg?resize=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-madonna-steps.jpg?resize=350%2C467&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-madonna-steps.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelangelo, Madonna of the Stairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his second work, Michelangelo not only undertook Donatello\u2019s high-relief style, but he found his muse in Bertholodo\u2019s Battle. Although the 17-year-old wasn&#8217;t yet skilled at portraying equine forms \u2013 you see only one horse in the work, and its hindquarters at that \u2013 the twisting, turning, pulsating human torsos in <em>Battle of the Centaurs<\/em> reveal that Michelangelo, even then, had unlocked the secret to breathing life into stone.<\/p>\n<p>One decade later, Michelangelo\u2019s <em>David<\/em> would take pride of place at the <em>ringhiera<\/em> of the Palazzo della Signoria, usurping Donatello\u2019s <em>Judith and Holofernes<\/em> from the coveted spot. If only Lorenzo had lived to see it!<\/p>\n<p>When in Florence, don\u2019t miss these masterpieces by Donatello, Bertoldo, and Michelangelo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>David<\/em>, Donatello, (1408-09), marble, Museo Nazionale del Bargello<\/li>\n<li><em>David<\/em>, Donatello, (1440s), bronze, Museo Nazionale del Bargello<\/li>\n<li><em>Judith and Holofernes<\/em>, Donatello (1457\u201364), bronze, Piazza della Signoria<\/li>\n<li><em>Battle<\/em>, Bertoldo (1478), Museo Nazionale del Bargello<\/li>\n<li><em>Madonna of the Stairs<\/em>, Michelangelo, (1490-92), Casa Buonarroti<\/li>\n<li><em>Battle of the Centaurs<\/em>, Michelangelo, (1492), Casa Buonarroti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Wood you please<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, Michelangelo\u2019s time working with Bertoldo in Lorenzo\u2019s garden paradise was also short-lived. Following the death of his teacher in 1491 and his beloved patron in 1492, Michelangelo was sent adrift. The prior of the convent of Santo Spirito offered him shelter and, according to Vasari, made it possible for the young artist to \u201cflay dead bodies\u201d in order to unlock the secrets of human anatomical form.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12698\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix0004.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Santo Spirito Crucifix\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix0004.jpg?resize=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix0004.jpg?resize=350%2C263&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix0004.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix0004.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santo Spirito Crucifix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The wooden cross hanging in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito is attributed to Michelangelo and is said to have been a gift to the prior to thank him for his hospitality. There is a smaller one, perhaps a study for the Santo Spirito crucifix and also attributed to Michelangelo, hanging in the Bargello as well. You can still visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/art-history-tools\/michelangelo-santo-spirito-crucifix\/\">Santo Spirito Crucifix \u2013 read this article to find out more<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Busted<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Also while south of the Arno \u2013 or Oltrarno \u2013 you\u2019ll want to see the reason for Michelangelo\u2019s crooked nose. It happened when Michelangelo was still part of Lorenzo\u2019s household. He and a fellow student, Pietro Torrigiano, went to the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine to copy the frescoes of Masaccio. He was the first early Renaissance painter to recreate lifelike figures and movements in convincing three-dimensionality. When Torrigiano questioned Masaccio\u2019s genius, Michelangelo \u2013 not one to mince words \u2013 told him he was an idiot.<\/p>\n<p>Though talented, Torrigiano was mostly known for his hot temper. He took aim and landed a fist on Michelangelo\u2019s nose, shattering the bridge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13016\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Casa-Buonarroti_Daniele-da-Volterra_Busto-di-Michelangelo.jpg?resize=700%2C897&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Danielle da Volterra, Bust of Michelangelo, Casa Buonarroti\" width=\"700\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Casa-Buonarroti_Daniele-da-Volterra_Busto-di-Michelangelo.jpg?resize=700%2C897&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Casa-Buonarroti_Daniele-da-Volterra_Busto-di-Michelangelo.jpg?resize=350%2C449&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Casa-Buonarroti_Daniele-da-Volterra_Busto-di-Michelangelo.jpg?resize=768%2C984&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Casa-Buonarroti_Daniele-da-Volterra_Busto-di-Michelangelo.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle da Volterra, Bust of Michelangelo, Casa Buonarroti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michelangelo\u2019s busted visage, later immortalized by Danielle da Volterra, can be seen today in paintings located at the Bargello and Casa Buonarroti.<\/p>\n<p>(Side note: Torrigiano\u2019s act of violence so angered Lorenzo that the promising young artist was forced to flee Florence. He ended up in England and thanks to commissions from the English royal family left us his best-known works in Westminster Abbey.)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>First exile: Michelangelo&#8217;s Bacchus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Amid the chaos following the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent and the rise and fall of the fire-and-brimstone preacher, Savanarola, Michelangelo quit Florence in search of patronage. That&#8217;s how he wound up in Rome, with commissions for timeless works such as his <em>Bacchus<\/em> and <em>Pieta<\/em>. The <em>Bacchus<\/em> was almost a professional and financial catastrophe, however. The original patron rejected the finished product. It seems Michelangelo portrayed the god of wine and merriment as a little too merry. Luckily, a more sober buyer emerged, saving Michelangelo\u2019s reputation. You can visit this masterpiece at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11212\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-bacchus.jpg?resize=700%2C957&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Michelangelo, Bacchus\" width=\"700\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-bacchus.jpg?resize=700%2C957&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-bacchus.jpg?resize=350%2C479&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-bacchus.jpg?w=1097&amp;ssl=1 1097w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelangelo, Bacchus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The David<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Today we see Michelangelo\u2019s giant as a timeless work of art. Five centuries ago, it was a genre buster, a career booster, and a bold political statement. The sculptor&#8217;s intent was to show that a tiny but virtuous community (Republican Florence) could defeat larger foes (popes, kings, emperors, their allies) if it put its mind to it. Originally intended to top one of the Duomo\u2019s buttresses, once unveiled in 1503, it was decided the sculpture was too big and to great to hoist up there, and as politically symbolic as it was religious.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11214\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-david.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The David by Michelangelo\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-david.jpg?resize=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-david.jpg?resize=350%2C263&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michelangelo-david.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The David by Michelangelo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It took four days to move the sculpture the size of three men and the weight of three elephants to the government seat at the Piazza della Signoria. And there it would sit until 1873 when the original was replaced with a replica and moved to the purpose-built Galleria dell-Accademia.<\/p>\n<p>When in Florence, there is no finer experience than standing at the foot of Michelangelo\u2019s David, especially when viewed in context for its current location robs the sculpture of its original political significance. That is why a replica continues to sit at the former government seat of the then Florentine Republic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13018\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tour-Tutorial-Phone.png?resize=250%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tour Tutorial Phone\" width=\"250\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tour-Tutorial-Phone.png?resize=250%2C500&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arttrav.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tour-Tutorial-Phone.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more great Michelangelo stories<\/strong>, narrated in the voice of the master himself \u2013 and to find out about Michelangelo&#8217;s second exile \u2013<strong> download the all-new tourism app by Time Traveler Tours: <em>Buried Alive, The Secret Michelangelo Took to His Grave<\/em>. <\/strong>It recounts the story of one of a virtually unknown chapter of the master&#8217;s life guiding you to a number of Florence&#8217;s unmissable highlights. You\u2019ll discover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Michelangelo went on to make enemies of the powerful Medicis;<\/li>\n<li>Why he was forced into hiding in fear for his life in 1530; and<\/li>\n<li>What he left behind, buried alive, that would not be discovered for another 446 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Available from <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/buried-alive-michelangelos-secret\/id1144584893?mt=8\"><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.toursphere.inthefootstepsofgiants&amp;hl=en\"><strong>Google Play<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free for a limited time to\u00a0Arttrav\u00a0readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to engage with Florence \u2013 from the whirlwind tour of the first-time visitor to the microscopic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":11214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[65],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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