Filippo Brunelleschi and Michelangelo were influential Renaissance artists known for their sculptures and architecture. Brunelleschi is most famous for designing the dome of Florence Cathedral, which he built using innovative engineering techniques. Michelangelo was a versatile artist who worked in many mediums, including his famous sculptures of David and the Pietà. Both artists received commissions from the powerful Medici family and worked on projects to fortify the city of Florence, though Brunelleschi focused more on architecture and invention while Michelangelo concentrated on painting and sculpture.

1. Renaissance Artists
Brunelleschi v. Michelangelo
Lauren Kackmeister

2. Filippo Brunelleschi
• Middle of three boys
– Father: Brunelleschi di Lippo, a known lawyer
• Attended merchants guild – later became
goldsmith apprentice
• Participated in competition in Florence – lost
to Ghiberti
• He later travelled to Rome to study the classic
architecture

3. While In Rome…
• Discovered true human perception in size and
proportion – introduced linear perspective
• Obsessed with the Pantheon and dome
structures
Start of
obsession
with dome
and columns

4. • Back in Florence he participated in the Arte
della Lana competition.
• He had to manage to stand an egg upright on
a slab of marble
• He won by figuring to break the bottom of the
egg
Capella dei Pazzi

5. Most Famous for Florence Dome
After managing to decipher
the code of domes, he slowly
built this one and began
tweaking and changing his
idea as he went on
Commissioned by
Cosimo d’Medici

6. • Interested by classical architecture
• Intrigued with figuring out the methods of
classic architecture

7. Diverse Works
• Sculptor….
– Sacrifice of Isaac
Brunelleschi
VS
Ghiberti

8. • Crucifix of Christ
Donatello gave advice on sculpting
Christ; “Sculpt yourself, how you
think Christ would have looked”

9. Not only an artist!
• Had also:
– Invented many tools
– Over saw many constructions
– Created many different machines
– Revolutionized construction in Florence

10. Death
Death mask of
Brunelleschi
Only Florence citizen to
be buried inside the
Cathedral he spent so
much time in
Lived a long, full, revolutionary
life

11. Michelangelo

12. Early Life
• Born to family of bankers
– Father: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni
– Mother: Francesca Neri
• Became an apprentice to a painter
• Studied in the Medici gardens

13. • While with the Medici’s he was able to access the
social and elite people which led him to Giovanni
• Giovanni showed him humanism at its finest
– Poetry
– Scholars
– Anatomy
• Said to have laid the groundwork for his definite
style

14. When in Rome…
• He was commissioned to carve a bigger than
life size sculpture of the Roman god for wine,
Bacchus – the pope had denied it however
and it went in Jacopo Galli’s garden
• Shortly after, he was commissioned again to
create the Pieta out of a chunk of stone

15. The Pieta
http://www.italianrenaissance.org/michelangelos-pieta/
Created to grace his own tomb

16. Famous Pieces
The Last Judgment
David
Piece of the Sistene Chapel
http://www.michelangelo-gallery.org/

17. More than an artist
• Poet
• Inventor
– Formed protective walls around the city of
Florence when soldiers were threatening to attack
• Architect
• Sculptor and Painter
– Sketches
– David
– Frescoes http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/michelan
gelos-war/

18. Death
• 1564; age 88
• Completed…
– 300 poems
– Frescos – perfected the art of painting the fresco
– Sculptures
– Paintings
– Sketches

19. Comparison

20. Sculptures… Michelangelo
Used both religious
and secular
subjects
- Detail in anatomy
- Layered clothing and hair
- hand gestures are always soft
Moses
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Michelangelo-sculptures.html
Leah

21. Sculptures… Brunelleschi
- Payed less attention to
anatomic detailing
- Put more detail into the face,
hands, and feet
He had used mostly
religious subjects
unlike Michelangelo
http://www.chiesasantamarianovella.it/en/artworks/crucifix-brunelleschi

22. Architecture… Michelangelo
The outer wall to protect Florence
- simpler designs
- Quick to build
http://www.academia.edu/4445483/Michelangelo_Drawing_and_the
_Invention_of_Architecture_Introduction

23. Architecture… Brunelleschi
- Most famous for his Dome
- figured out the key to finishing the dome
- Mathematically based
- Improved as the creation went on
- Led to the creation of pulleys and other
inventions to make it easier

24. • Brunelleschi had focused much more
on architecture and his own
inventions
• Michelangelo focused on his
paintings and sculptures

25. Similarities…
• Both commissioned at some point by d’Medici
family
• Both had worked on the Dome
• Both are very versatile
• Sculptures were very life – like

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