Michelangelo

There is a hidden place in Florence where Michelangelo Buonarroti left the mark of his genius. This place is Michelangelo’s secret room in the Medici Chapels, which has finally opened to the public. Here is why you must see it and why it is so important. Michelangelo’s Secret Room of the Medici Chapels: A Hidden […]

FUN FACTS ABOUT MICHELANGELO The famous painter, architect, and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti, is a great artist of the Italian Renaissance period. Unfortunately, the artist spent most of his time in Rome and passed away at 88. His work reflected intensity, pragmatism, and psychological perception. And probably, for this reason, he received commissions from wealthy, powerful […]

DANIELE DA VOLTERRA AND MICHELANGELO’S BRONZE PORTRAITS Daniele Ricciarelli, known as Daniele da Volterra (1509 – 1566), was a friend and pupil of Michelangelo Buonarroti and was present at the master’s death in his Roman home on 18 February 1564. By virtue of this bond between the pupil and his master, Leonardo Buonarroti, Michelangelo’s nephew, […]

MICHELANGELO’ S PIETÀ: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE VATICAN PIETÀ If I think of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the first work of art that comes to my mind is Michelangelo’s Pietà. What about you? It is impossible for you to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and not to notice one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the most poetic […]

THE DONI TONDO BY MICHELANGELO: WHERE IT IS HOUSED AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS Admiring for the first time The Doni Tondo by Michelangelo Buonarroti was thrilling. I was at the Uffizi Gallery for the traditional high school trip and when I came across it, I understood that art must be experienced at first hand. You […]

MICHELANGELO’S WORKS. WHICH ONES THEY ARE AND WHERE HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS ARE HOUSED There are many Michelangelo’s masterpieces, famous and very important works everyone should admire at least once in a lifetime. Because Michelangelo is the Renaissance artist par excellence. In the post Michelangelo Buonarroti: 5 things to know I’ve already described the main features of […]

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Painter, sculptor, architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance. His works are among the greatest masterpieces of the history of art, and are characterized by monumental bodies and twisted busts, which mark the surpassing of the idea according to which art has to imitate […]

MICHELANGELO’S DAVID: WHERE IT IS AND WHO THE HERO REPRESENTED IS Michelangelo’s David is one of the early works by the great Florentine artist, who was only 26 years old when he started working on it, but he was already famous for his unique talent. The work was commissioned by the Opera di Santa Maria […]

The Pietà Rondanini is Michelangelo Buonarroti’s last work, and perhaps also his most intense and moving. An unfinished masterpiece that does not showcase the artist’s technical perfection, but rather his profound spirituality, human fragility, and the urgency to leave behind an artistic and inner testament. Today, it can be admired at the Castello Sforzesco in […]