MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted a big influence on the development of Western art. 

Two of his best-known works, the Pietà  and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty.  Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. At the age of 74 he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. In a demonstration of Michelangelo's unique standing, He was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive.  Michelangelo's impassioned and highly personal style that resulted in Mannerism, the next major movement in Western art after the High Renaissance.

1.  Michelangelo had a lot of influence on

a)    only the development of Italian art

b)    the development of Middle East art

c)    the development of Western art

d)    the development of African art

2. His “ The Last Judgement” is

a)     in Sistine Chapel in Rome

b)     In Milan Duomo

c)    In Paris Notre Dame

d)    In Florence  Uffizi

3.  When he was  alive

a)    He received a price by France King

b)    He wrote a book about Leonardo da Vinci

c)    He wrote a lot of biographies of other artists

d)    His biography was published