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| Member of Della Rovere family; nephew of Sixtus IV and cousin of Raffaele Riario; commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt his tomb and to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
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Giovanni de' Medici: Lorenzo de' Medici's son, served as pope 1513-21
born Giovanni de' Medici, Lorenzo de' Medici's second-born son; became a cardinal in 1492; elected pope in 1513 after death of Julius II |
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| 1511-37; illegitimate son of Giulio de' Medici. Alessandro was appointed ruler of Florence in 1523 along with his cousin Ippolito de' Medici; on account of their youth, Cardinal Silvio Passerini, a Medici protégé, served as regent until 1527. From 1527 until 1531, Alessandro was in exile; upon his return he became sole ruler, the Duke of Florence, until he was murdered in 1537 by his distant cousin Lorenzino |
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| 1516-74; young Roman nobleman to whom Michelangelo dedicated poems, wrote letters and gave drawings |
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| pope from 1534 to 1549; born Alessandro Farnese, he had a humanist education and a strong taste for art; as pope, he set in motion the Council of Trent, which met in sessions from 1545-1564 |
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| Platonic (or Socratic) love |
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| ideal of love found in Plato's dialogues, especially the Symposium, in which the desire stimulated by physical beauty leads one upward toward the contemplation of a metaphysical, spiritual or intellectual form of beauty |
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| 1490-1547; Italian poet and member of the powerful Roman Colonna family; she was influential on Michelangelo's spiritual formation during the period of their acquaintanceship, from the late 1530s until her death |
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| drawing or design; an artistic product that in the Renaissance is understood as both designating something outside itself [i.e., is an image of something], and as the unique product of the artist's hand [which is in turn guided by his soul] |
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| a drawing that is a finished product rather than a study for a painting or sculpture; it is generally presented by the artist as a gift to someone |
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| the freedom which, in a long tradition beginning with the Roman poet Horace, is granted to painters as well as poets. This freedom allows the artist to depart from tradition, from Nature, and from decorum |
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| the quality of provoking awe; seen in a facial expression, or characterizing a work of art |
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| Libyan Sibyl, Sistine Ceiling, 1508-12 |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, Deah of Haman |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, The Deluge |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, Fall of Man and Expulsion from Eden |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, Creation of Adam |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, Creation of Sun, Moon, and Plants |
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| Sistine Ceiling frescoes, 1508-12, God Separating Light from Darkness |
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| Last Judgment, fresco, altar wall of Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1536-41 |
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| Dying Captive, for Julius II Tomb, 1513-16 |
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| Rebellious Captive, for Julius II Tomb, 1513-16 |
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| "Atlas" Slave, for Julius Tomb, marble sculpture, 1519-34 |
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| Victory, marble sculpture, 1519-34 |
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| Tomb of Julius II, marble, Rome, S. Pietro in Montorio, 1505-45 |
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| Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, 1521-34 |
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| Night, from the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, 1521-34 |
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| Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, 1521-34 |
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| Risen Christ, marble sculpture, 1519-21 |
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| Florence Pieta, marble, 1547-55 |
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| Wooden model for facade of San Lorenzo, 1517 |
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| Medici Chapel (New Sacristy), architecture, Florence, San Lorenzo, 1519-34 |
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| Stairs and vestibule (ricetto), Laurentian Library, S. Lorenzo, 1524-34 |
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| Studies for Libyan Sibyl (drawing), ca. 1511-12 |
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| Archers Shooting at a Herm, red chalk, ca. 1531 |
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| Rape of Ganymede, black chalk, ca. 1533 |
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| Punishment of Tityus, black chalk, ca. 1533 |
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| Resurrected Christ, black chalk, ca. 1533 |
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| Christ on the Cross, black chalk, ca. 1540 |
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| Michelangelo: Study of Lazarus and Two Attendant Figures, red chalk, ca. 1516-17 |
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| Jacop Pontormo, from a cartoon by Michelangelo, Venus and Cupid, 1532-34 |
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| Raphel, Philosophy (School of Athens), fresco, 1510-11 |
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| Raphael, Galatea, Fresco, Villa Farnesina, 1513 |
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| Raphael, Transfiguration, oil on panel. 1518-20 |
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| Sebastiano del Piombo, Raising of Lazarus, oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 1517-19 |
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| Clement VII is remembered for having ordered, just a few days before his death, Michelangelo's painting of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. |
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