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Th. norc than 10A\atks ol nrt oh rli\rlur Mtil Frst rnviledk) lhe ElemrlCrll rn 1496by ul collec(t Febtuar.\7 itt Mnheklnqebth? Afthit..l itl Rome il CardrnrlRafllclcRrario. N4ichel ngelo hld lved n Ronc l5{)1.whcn he executd hr\ lrN lutt/.teho\| thishLllti tdlented Seniut al lhe Renatsntu| bcn)rel505.lrom 1496 (1496)(nos t\tnslorned n!4\' ol Rone s antQnt monumentstnk) mArerpleces.lheslatuet of /rd..r!r rn lhe andhis l'rer., 'nadern anes He ?tu et sone .l hisdan\ ||hi|( Bfgello in lil{xence)for His Eminence .ther| w?t?lcft an hi\ datiiiS h.dftl tu he.onlleted h\ (149798) (now in St PerersB ilica).commissnned hr t16etn?t pt tllrtle tLennelk, narkthe ltt.e ttlth? by rhe lirenchCrrdinrl Jcln dc Bllhares.rhe Emperor Vl tlowt! t .,\.. t t. .r'\,, l! U,hcd4lcl't."l"l ,td idt ChlrlcsVlll s rNbAs&torro l']oN Alcxxrder nr tu\h\rrthfu r?u\uft hr dtdw q,nn e!,thcst $orks do nol lj8urcInl(,lhe Iestnr cxhihrlirrr dtt 6 Auo..rrell Mlch.l.ng.b sculp(Lrres(Michclrngek) lNlrnte rr i\ becru* theyarc ' henin l516 Empeu Ch.rlcsV announcedlhat ric rncdiunr),nol archileclurc. thc srbject rl hrnd ln(iecLl. he wascomlnS lo visil Roine.Popc P.rul 1ll Fencse(1168 M i.helmgeloentoycd allribulinShis pretercnce li)r $ulplurelo lheiad t.4er J.tel Mrnctrl8eloBurrnJn,{r rt1/. t(6:!,r,rgive rharhrs wel nursein SetliSnanoneat llorence had been lhe daughtcr mrxed lheCapitoline Hrll. thecil&lel of mcrenlRome. a facelil so rhelem andthe wil. of sculp(xs llntllhal shc hrd nursed him bn mrll ' rcrlnemrl luscrnpoet. plinter. \culpftn, and rrchrlecl rcdesgned the wilh mdtblcF)wd$ qtu, lr rswell-known lhal Mrcbelrn8clt)sculpled hr\ /)rPrl$ Sl tnr/^ tlis rhreedifltrcnl prctecls.nol all execuledby hrm '4 (lof rurn.d rrs nxr\ lilo degreeslrom overlookrngrhc rncrenlRomdn Perer's:painled the ceiling(howcltr. l nn$ rlsrnren o!e x)r.ci1 I'rnm k) trinS rh€Valican and the modern cily. chan-ledthc archilecruralftlnework) lnd lhe l/r!r r,r8,r?,r 1nlhe S\lrn,r Pcre.\ pavingro giveit anelliptical look Lhdrwoukj giv€ rhe illusron oi a Chapeliiron1541untr|his de ti waschief.rrchitlr oisr wirr largerspace, renovated the facades ofits medievllpdlacesbut In Bssilca.rnddesigned he dorneofSt Peter'sihulnol that he ,ll'err. l"m"u' in cludedrncientsculplures,andhurh!new. Sently slop'ngsla'rc!st aho ne rfhrre. lnr In.n) " 'rruclures Romelne f&ade of PalazzoFmes€ ( |516 1550),a lab.€ma l)rnn On unrl February7 1nthe Cdpilobne whrch cle typewindow for lhe ChaPelofSts Cosm.rs and ffrme rhisworld famousprnrza (a Michelangelo^rluseurnsmas rerpiccc).r\ a meg! exhibilon. 'Mthelanxelo al .4ttp r t R,rtr ut,hpl,tiipl. Ihp A'\hi4t hy Lnlena)dc Medici.bur nor n, R,,. ) lts 105works of an.dilrded Into snnel in 1559 exe.ured),rhe monumenol Pona Pia Gale ll secrions,each wilh clearlywntten wall I panels!nd eihrbrtioncards in ltalian.a1l (1561,commissioned by Pope Paul lv). i of Sanra well nanslatedinto Englishand drsplayed ,t rndhis tinal works: rhe Church (a of the rn chronologicalorder. trace a profileof Manadeglj Angeli remdleling of Dioclellan Mich€langebas an architecrduring his . repi.r/i|' ot lhe Baths l5bl alrc ntr Pope rwolong sojoums in Rome,the firsr irom he desrgnedIn whichwar exauled 1505l5l6 and the secondflon hus IV but pLrpil Lo Duca),and l5l1 unrilhis death in 156,1(Dur by his hcopo rhe Stoza Chlpel in St MarJ- rngrhe alnon 20 rnterveningYears (desrgned 1564bui nor Mrchelangelolived in FlorenceDur Major in by Giacomo ing ftese lwo decades,Flolence was execureduntil l5l3 dellaPoda) Francesco Boronmr more rhe focus oi pdpal palfonage (1599 1667),the greatBaroq're rhanRome because of theeleclron archirecl.considered this final of two Popesirom the Flden' masteTieceby Michelangelo tine Medrcrdynasty: Leo X in '- ro be oneof his veryfines1 l5l3 andhrs cousin Clemenl vtl in l52l )

|||ala rr|| Yrnarr ova lrr 200e rn. Lc.d,. ot P.l.zo Frn... Ihe Piaz2ad€l Canprdoglio FinrSojoum In 1505Michelangelo cas called Theother hiShlights of $e erhib'tionarc 30 autograph backto Rometo cxecutea sepulchralmonument for documenbard drawingsby Michelangelofor his Roman PopeJul'u. II. butioon dfler the, onta( I wa\awarded. protec$.They ar€ on loanfrom $e CasaBuonarrori in Flo' JuliusII changedhrs mrnd rn favor of rhefresco€s for th€ceiling of theSistine Chapel, which Michelangelo Verymoving ale Four Epitaphs orfuneral epigrams dar- paintcdfrom 1508 until 1512,lhe year bcfor€ Julius II ingto1544 (he wrore almosififiy al rhe uncle'sb€hest wnh died"Mrchelong.lo Iarhir.flo, ndn openi*rth li€ promiseof goodfood as comp€nsalion) for lhe tombol threesecrions aboul the anist's I 505'l5 | 6 sojoumand CccchinoBracci, the nephewof Luigi del Rrccro. hrstumuluous relauonship wrti hrsfirst papalpatron. N4ichelangclo'ss€crelary ar therime. Bracci, very likely ro'. dl'houshJuhus ll: he'a recommrsironed oneof Michelangelotlovels, had died at theage of iour. Michelang€loto 6nish the papal tomb, it was,in the te€nin Rom€on January 8, 1544Michclangelo also de' qordr. cni.r' tr rragedyof ti€ rornb.rncludrnS l Irll ..cn[.clurl pl.n ot signedhis tomb, built in 1545in thcChurch of SanraMaria yea6ofhiealion, thal forced him lo abandonhis plan Araco€l'Ttese du'ogrdphs ar! rnGrsp(^ed*rd oldprinr\. to' d \asrtemple mausoleum wrlirn Sl Pererr Ba:rl'. drawings,original docurnents and books from Michelangc ca with fony s|aruesro the much-reduc€dversion in St Peterin lo'stim€s on loan from seveml imponanr Iralian collec{ions, public as Chains. wellas pnval€ Theexhibirion's foun}) seclion concems Michelangelot lifelong Althoughthis exhibition concems the Renaissanc€ genius s archi. loveof ancienrsculpluc Ir includ€sfive of hisred chalk drawings tecture,according to his entry in rheColumbia Encyclopedia ( | 5 I 6) on loanfrom rhe Casa Buonanoti Foundation in Florence.After (1968):'Mich€lanSelo lhought of himselfas a sculplor.and a his rclumlo Florencethal same vear. Pooe L€o X commissioned i€elingfor theexpressive potentialities of sculpturallorm Michelangeloto help design a marblefa(ade for theMedici manifestsitself in all phasesof hiswor[. As a l6th cenrury dynaslys church, San t rcnzo.Th€ anist d€eply desired ro anist,he wa.sforced 10 depend on the falor of grealpafons be rn chargeof tlis p.oject,but neededto brushup on hjs whohad means and po*er ro a*ard conossions worthyof architecturalskjlls. Therefore he'd copiedlhese pages hisgenius. Tkoughout his career his anisric ambitions were froma recentlyfinished book of detarlsfrom antique thwanedby thecaprices of riesepatrons, by he socialinstabil- andcontemporary Roman buildings. This volumi' ity of thetimes, by rhej€alousy of orheranis$, and by he deep nousalbum of sketchesnad€ by thelittle-known moralconflicls that arose withln his own splrlt." Florentin€archrtect and carp€nter Bemardo della Epilogu€:AllhoughMichelargelo's work in Romedunng hrs Volpaiain l5l4 andknown a! theConer Codex, is secondlong sqoumwas indeed mainly architecture, a splendid norv,r he Si JohnSloare Museum in London. videoreninds lhe visilor lhat he never abandoned sculpiur€. His SecondSojoumr Sections Five through Seven lalt *orks in narble.bolh unfinished. are two venionsof lhe reenconcem Michelangelo s second long sojoum Pierd.One is nowin theCaihedral in Florcnceithe olher, known as f.om 153464, including Pope Paul III'S imponant t\e RondaniniPierd, is nowin fte SforzaCastle in Milanihe architecturalconmissions. in panicularlhe Piaza workedon ir-specificallyon Christ\legs up ntll jusl a iew deLCanpidoslio lsertor-s Eighl andNine) and St. daysb€fore his deathon February18, 1564. Peter'sBasilica (Sections Eleven and Twelve) as well asthe anist s final works.A hrghlightof SectionNine "MtcEELA]tcEInAncEtrtm a RoMA" r. rheancrenr Roman slatue ofJuprler $at Mr(helfige C|pllolin Mu!.o||rt lo hadintended to addas decoratjon to his newpia.zd. HoutsTuerd4s-Sunda'si 9 Arvt-8 PM. A lughlighto{ Se(tron Tqehe rs an u.lDUbl6hed skercl. ClosedMondays, Chislrnas Day, and New Yea/s DaI by Michelangeloof thedrum of Sr Peler'scupoia EadyclosinS al 2 PMon Ch fias andNew Yea/s Eves. with conectionsby it! archil€cl Giacomodella Pona. Entancelee: 5 Euros. It wasonly recentlydiscovered in thearchives ofthe Formore inlomation: wwvr/rnuseicapitolini.org Fabbtica di San Pietn andwwwmuseiincomunert. 1)

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