Through his paintings and sculptures he depicts what has being written in the bible and the way all should learn it and understand it.
How did the artist's life relate/affect the work that he made? .
Michelangelo was a very religious man, but he expressed his personal beliefs most clearly in his late works. His drawings are thoughtful meditations on Christian themes such as the crucifixion, and in some works he inserted his own image as an onlooker in a religious scene. Michelangelo strove to be accepted among his patrons as a gentleman, producing a large body of poetry and constructing a myth of noble ancestry. At the same time, he seemed to take pride in the physical work of making art. This is one of many contradictions in his life, but it is also a sign of the changing status of the artist from craftsman to genius that Michelangelo himself helped to bring about.
What do you think of the artist's work?.
Michelangelo is one of the truly great painters of all time. His statues are some of the finest ever carved. But he is best known for his magnificent murals on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The most powerful element in his art after Cubism was sex. The female nude was his obsessive subject. His famous remark about women being "goddesses or doormats" made him hateful to feminists. Yet his recomposing of the female body made great art. What a beautiful legacy to leave behind for everyone to enjoy.
What was the artist work about?.
Sistine Chapel: Between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo created some of the most memorable images of all time on the vaulted ceiling of the papal chapel in the Vatican. His intricate system of decoration tells the biblical story of Genesis, beginning with God separating light and dark (above the altar), progressing to the story of Adam and Eve, and concluding with the story of Noah. Scenes from the biblical stories of David, Judith, Esther, and Moses are depicted in the corners, while images of prophets, sibyls, and the ancestors of Christ are set in a painted architectural framework above the windows.
