Blossary – Michelangelo

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Though Michelangelo did not consider himself as a painter, even going so far as to sign letters, “Michelangelo, the Sculptor,” his paintings are considered to be among Western Art's most important and magnificent works.

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The Madonna and Child with St John and Angels

The Madonna and Child with St John and Angels (c. 1495-1497) is a painting in tempera on wood by Michelangelo during his first period in Rome. The painting is unfinished and describes the meeting of ...

The Entombment

The Entombment (c. 1500-1501) is an unfinished painting in oil on wood by Michelangelo that depicts the placing of the body of Jesus in the garden tomb. There is some disagreement over the identity ...

The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist

The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist (c. 1504) is also known as Doni Tondo, where Doni is the last name of Agnolo Doni who was a rich cloth merchant in Florence, and tondo, a word in ...

Separation of Light from Darkness

Separation of Light from Darkness (c. 1508-1512) is a painting in fresco that is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, Rome. It is the first in the series of nine central panels that run ...