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Italian Renaissance Artist & Architect,
Michelangelo Buonarroti Timeline
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1475
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Michelangelo Buonarroti born in Caprese (March 6)
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1478
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Lorenzo the Magnificent
de' Medici rules Florence until his death in 1492; Pazzi
Conspiracy against Lorenzo in which Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de Medici, dies
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1480
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Spanish inquisition
introduced
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1483
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End of reign of Louis XI
France
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1483
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Birth of Raphael Sanzio
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1483
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Papal bull condemns
witchcraft
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1484
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End of Sixtus IV
pontificate
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1485
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Botticelli paints Birth of
Venus
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1485
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Ivan III brings Italian
architects to Moscow to
aid in rebuilding the Kremlin
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1487
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Michelangelo documented
in Ghirlandaio's workshop
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1490
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Michelangelo in Medici
household
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1492
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Columbus
discovers the New
World
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1492
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Death of Lorenzo de'
Medici (Il Magnifico)
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1494
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Medici expelled
from Florence
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1494
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Michelangelo in Bologna until 1495
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1494
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France
invades Italy
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1495
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Michelangelo returns
to Florence where
Savonarola is influential
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1496
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Michelangelo's first trip
to Rome where he carves
Bacchus.
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1496
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Santo Domingo
founded
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1498
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Savonarola burned at the
stake in Florence
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1498
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Michelangelo contracts to
carve Pieta which he finishes a year
later.
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1501
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Michelangelo begins
carving David
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1503
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Michelangelo commissioned
for 12 apostles for Duomo
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1503
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Julius II elected pope;
major patron of the arts
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1503
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To1505, Michelangelo
completes the Doni Tondo, Taddei Tondo, Pitti Tondo, Bruges Madonna
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1504
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Michelangelo completes
David; receives
commission for Battle of Cascina
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1505
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Michelangelo summoned
to Rome, commissioned
for Tomb of Pope Julius II
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1505
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Michelangelo works on
Moses, slave figures, Rachel and Leah
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1506
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Michelangelo returns
to Florence; reconciles
with Pope in Bologna
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1506
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Discovery of Nero's
palace and Laocoon in
Rome
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1506
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Construction of St. Peter's basilica in Rome
begins; ends 1612
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1507
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Michelangelo in
Bologna working on bronze
statue of Julius II
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1508
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Michelangelo painting
Sistine Chapel ceiling; finishes in 1512
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1513
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Michelangelo signs 2nd
contract for Tomb of Julius II
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1513
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Julius II dies; Medici pope Leo X elected
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1514
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Michelangelo commissioned
for the Risen Christ, Rome
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1516
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Michelangelo returns
to Florence;
commissioned for Medici church San Lorenzo façade
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1516
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Michelangelo signs 3rd
contract for Julius II tomb
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1517
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Raphael paints The Transfiguration
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1519
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Michelangelo commissioned
to design New Sacristy, Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo in Florence
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1519
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Leonardo da Vinci dies
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1520
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Michelangelo's Medici Chapel façade contract cancelled
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1520
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Raphael Sanzio dies
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1521
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Leo X dies; Suleiman II,
the Magnificent, takes Belgrade
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1523
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Medici pope Clement VII
elected
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1527
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Michelangelo commissioned
to carve Hercules (never completed)
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1527
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Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V sacks Rome
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1529
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Florence
beseiged by combined forces of Charles V and Pope Clement VII
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1529
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The Turks besiege
Vienna
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1530
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Michelangelo carves
Apollo/David
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1532
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Michelangelo signs 4th
contract for Tomb of Julius II
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1533
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Michelangelo completes
Reliquary Tribune balcony in San Lorenzo, Florence
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1534
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Death of Pope Clement
VII; election of Farnese Pope Paul III
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1534
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Michelangelo
leaves Florence for the
last time for Rome where
he remains
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1535
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Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V occupies Milan
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1536
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Michelangelo begins
painting Sistine Chapel Last
Judgment
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1538
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Michelangelo begins work
on Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), Rome
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1540
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Michelangelo carves
Brutus bust
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1541
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Michelangelo completes
Last Judgment
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1542
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Michelangelo signs 5th
contract with Julius II heirs for tomb
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1545
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Michelangelo Tomb of Julius II installed; still working on Pauline
Chapel frescoes
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1546
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Michelangelo appointed
chief architect of St.
Peters and FarnesePalace
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1547
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Michelangelo begins work
on Pieta for his own Florentine tomb (never finished)
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1550
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Michelangelo completes
Pauline Chapel frescoes
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1550
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Vasari publishes first edition of Lives
of the Artists
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1550
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Renaissance ends
(generally accepted)
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1553
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Ascanio Condivi published
Life of Michelangelo with Michelangelo's guidance
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1555
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Michelangelo's favorite
assistant, Urbino, dies; starts work on Rondanini Pieta
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1559
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Michelangelo designs
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome
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1560
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Michelangelo commissioned
for Sforza Chapel in Santa Maria
Maggiore, Rome
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1561
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Michelangelo commissioned
for Porta Pia and Santa Mariadegli Angeli, Rome
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1564
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
dies at home, Rome
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End of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Timeline
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