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Portrait of Michelangelo
Italian artist Michelangelo`s extraordinary accomplishments in painting, sculpture, and architecture made him one of the outstanding figures in Renaissance art. During his lifetime (1475-1564) he influenced many young artists, including the Florentine writer and painter Giorgio Vasari, who included this likeness of Michelangelo in one of his own works.
Michelangelo`s David
One of Michelangelo`s best known creations is the sculpture David (1501-1504). The 5.17-m (17-ft) tall marble statue shows an alert David waiting for his enemy Goliath. It originally stood in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, but was later moved to the Galleria dell`Accademia.Encarta Encyclopedia
Michelangelo`s Moses Italian artist Michelangelo`s Moses was completed around 1515. Originally intended to be part of an immense sculptural tomb for Pope Julius II, it is in the church San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Renaissance master Michelangelo devised an elaborate scheme for the decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which he painted between 1508 and 1512. It features nine scenes from the Biblical Book of Genesis, including the Creation of Adam, the Creation of Eve, the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood. These centrally located narratives are surrounded by images of prophets and sibyls on marble thrones, and by other biblical subjects
Creation of Adam, Creation of Eve Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes between 1508 and 1512. The frescoes are his interpretation of the biblical book of Genesis, the story of the creation of the world. In the central scene shown here, God appears in human form as he gives the breath of life to Adam, the first human being. The scene above it shows the first woman, Eve, as she emerges from Adam`s rib.
Tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici The tomb of Lorenzo de` Medici, designed and carved by Michelangelo, is one of four elaborate works that the artist planned for the Medici Chapel in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy. Below the seated figure of Lorenzo de` Medici, a major patron of the arts in Florence, lie figures representing Dusk and Dawn. Michelangelo began work on the chapel in 1519 and continued to work on it intermittently, but he left Florence for Rome in 1534, with major portions of his design still unfinished.
Laurentian Library Michelangelo designed the Laurentian Library in Florence, Italy between 1524 and 1534. In the entry hall to the library shown here, Michelangelo alternated curves and right angles, concave and convex forms to create a sense of movement and tension
Last Judgment Michelangelo`s Last Judgment, the large fresco on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, dates from 1536-1541-about 30 years after the famous ceiling frescoes were painted. This painting of judgment day, with its grotesque and twisted figures, represents one of the earliest examples of Mannerist art. Christ stands in the center of the fresco meting out justice, while the saved rise on the left and the damned descend on the right.
Divine Head
Michelangelo created presentation drawings as gifts for friends. One such drawing, Divine Head (1530?, British Museum, London) represents the artist`s idea of a perfect female form. He has left the woman`s hat and clothing relatively unfinished in order to focus attention on the beautifully rendered contours of her face and neck.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564),
Michelangelo`s Piet� was carved in 1499, when the sculptor was 24 years old.

Ignudi, Sistine Chapel