Michelangelo
Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese. Michelangelo’s full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. On the vault, (an arched structure made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, or sewer,) of the papal (of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic Church) chapel, he devised an intricate system of decoration that included nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, beginning with God Separating Light from Darkness and including the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood In order to prepare for enormous work like this, Michelangelo drew numerous figure studies and cartoons, devising many figure types and poses. Before the assignment of the Sistine Ceiling in 1505, Michelangelo had been commissioned by Julius II to produce his tomb, which was planned to be the most
magnificent of Christian times.
magnificent of Christian times.