Monday, June 29, 2009

Who is Michelangelo?

Michelangelo Buonarroti was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. He was born on March 6, 1475 in a small village near Florence. He grew up in the city of Florence. At a young age, Michelangelo was apprenticed under Domenico Ghirlandaio. He was so talented that he did not have to pay the studio fees instead he was paid a small salary. After a few years at the apprenticeship, he enrolled in the sculpture studio of Bertoldo di Giovanni. This was normally a 3 year internship, but Michelangelo left after one year because his master could not teach him anything anymore. Michelangelo knew more than his master did. At the age of 15, he was invited to live and work in the home of Florence's civil leader, Lorenzo de Medici. After the death of Medici, Michelangelo left for Rome. Rome would be the start of many paintings and sculptors for Michelangelo. Through out his life, Michelangelo did several pieces of art (many will be shared in later posts) and he shared his talent with many. Michelangelo died on February 18, 1564 at the age of 88..

Saturday, June 27, 2009

History of Creativity 202 Project

My name is Kristy Smith and this blog is a project for my MFG 202 project. I thought of a couple of different things that I could do for a project. I actually started out making a 3d-figure of Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden. But that project was not going as I had planned. I thought of the first day of class when we learned about Michelangelo and I remembered how much I really loved his paintings. That's when I decided I wanted to do something with Michelangelo. Then I thought about what I could do. I wanted to do something that I never done before. That's when I thought of a blog. I have always been interested in creating a blog but I have never had one before and I never knew how to do one. So this is my project a blog on Michelangelo. I will show different paintings, sculptures, and other projects by Michelangelo. Along with this, I will be learning more about my blogs and more about computers.