Raquel's Riddle


He's an italian artist(sculptor, painter, poetry and architect) who was born on 6 March , 1475 in the village of Caprese, Italy. He was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance.


He started her renowed career at age 23, when his magnificent Pieta was completed. This is a marble statue that shows the Virgin Mary grieving over the dead Jesus. After that, he worked on the colossal figure of David between 1501 and 1504, his most famous sculpture (standing at 4.34m in tall)  which was in place outside the Palazzo Vecchio. 


Later on his work in Florence, in 1505 he was invited  to Rome by the newly elected Pope Julius II, who forced him into the reluctant achievement of the world's greatest single fresco. He covered the ceiling with paintings done on wet plaster, showing nine scenes from the Old Testament. Afterwards, he painted The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.


Toward the end of his life, Michelangelo became more involved in architecture and poetry. In 1546 he was made chief architect of the partly finished St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, where the Pieta is now kept.


By: Raquel Esteban Pérez