Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Unit 3

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo's father was a magistrate. What was his father's job about?

• Law

• Magic tricks

• Medicine

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo was an apprentice to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. What does 'apprentice' mean?

• teacher, master

• trainee, learner

• servant

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo lived in the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the leading patron of the arts in Florence.

What does 'patron' mean?

• enemy

• opponent

• supporter

Multiple Choice

In his early years of art creation, Michelangelo was interested in ....?

• sculpture

• painting

• literature

The Pietà (=The Pity) depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

David

Michelangelo worked at the statue in secrecy. It is said he created a wax model of his design, and submerged it in water. As he worked, he would let the level of the water drop and sculpted what he could see emerging. He slept sporadically, and when he did he slept with his clothes and even his boots still on, and rarely ate.

Multiple Choice

Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo back to Rome.

What does 'summon' mean?

• uninvite

• demand the presence

• employ

Multiple Choice

What established Michelangelo's recognition as Italy's greatest living artist?

• His work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

• The incredible amount of painting and sculptures he produced in a short time

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

The Creation of Adam; Unlike previous depictions, which had portrayed God as a detached and inaccessible entity, Michelangelo chose to present a vivid, dynamic and powerful figure physically engaged in the creation of the world.  

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci could be described as....

• unrelated

• co-workers

• competitors

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo's artistic value was recognised only after his death.

• True

• False