Verbal/Linguistic

(Word Smart)
Choose an artist. Write a presentation on the life of this artist. Use the outline provided to
establish the key components of the biograph. Then, elaborate on each point to fulfill a full
length paper at least 3 paragraphs, single spaced with 1 margins, using 12point font. Use
MLA formatting and remember to have a Works Cited page listing all resources, where they were
found, and when. When finished, create a button on your home page and link your presentation
to the button. Label the button with the full name of the artist.
Extra Credit Option: Present your speech to the class.
I.

Artists Life Michelangelo

a. Birth
i. Date: 6 March 1475
ii. Place: Caprese near Arezzo, Republic of Florence (present-day Tuscany, Italy)
b. Places lived: Caprese & Arezzo
c. Family life
i. Childhood information
Michelangelo's father realized early on that his son
had no interest in the family financial business, so agreed to apprentice him,
at the age of 13, to the fashionable Florentine painter's workshop. There,
Michelangelo was exposed to the technique of fresco. He also obtained
special permission from the Catholic Church to study cadavers for insight into
anatomy. Two relief sculptures that survive, "Battle of the Centaurs" and
"Madonna Seated on a Step," are testaments to his unique talent at the
tender age of 16.
ii. Marriage(s) Vittoria Colonna
iii. Children no
d. Education study under the respected sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni and exposing
him to prominent poets, scholars and learned Humanists.
e. Other interesting personal information
f. Death
i. Date 18 February 1564 (aged 88)
ii. Place Rome, Papal States (present-day Italy)
g. ____________________________________________
h. ____________________________________________

II.

Artists Artwork
a. How did this artist become interested in art? He became interested after watching
the painters at nearby churches
b. How did this artist get started? Michelangelo's father realized early on that his son
had no interest in the family financial business, so agreed to apprentice him, at the
age of 13, to the fashionable Florentine painter's workshop.
c. Self-taught or formal education in art? He had Formal education
d. Art movement? In the Renaissance
e. Materials used? He used chalk, oils, plaster, but mostly sculpted with marble. Was
also architect and wrote 2 autobiographys
f. What subjects did your artist focus on? (seascapes, western theme,
portraits/people, flowers, variety) Mostly portraits and people
g. Accepted as artist during lifetime? Yes
h. _____________________________________________________________
i. _____________________________________________________________

III.

Artists contribution to the art world?

a. Why is your artist famous?

i. Specific contribution to the art world or to the general public? Made large
sculptures and paintings for the church
ii. Reason artist was popular? He was a very talented artist in the renaissance
b. Specific style?
i. Beginning of movement? No. Italian high Renaissance
ii. Group of artists that may have promoted a style?
c. Interesting life? There are several versions of an intriguing story about
Michelangelo's "Cupid" sculpture, which was artificially "aged" to resemble a rare
antique: One version claims that Michelangelo aged the statue to achieve a certain
patina, and another version claims that his art dealer buried the sculpture (an
"aging" method) before attempting to pass it off as an antique.

Citing Sources
Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2015.