Michelangelo

0:03 Callaroga shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison And today's theme is Michelangelo's Birthday, Renaissance art, the Sistine Chapel and masterpieces of sculpture. Question one. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaroti Simoni's birthday is celebrated by art lovers each year on what exact date was the Renaissance master born Question two? In fifteen oh eight, a reluctant Michelangelo agreed to paint the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which powerful Renaissance pope ordered the project that turned the chapel into one of the world's greatest fresco cycles. Question three. A single weathered block of marble nicknamed the Giant, sat abandoned in Florence for decades until Michelangelo carved from it a monumental symbol of civic pride. Which statue emerged from the at flawed stone?

1:06 Question four. After hearing his work misattributed, Michaelangelo carved his name across the sash on the Virgin Mary. Which of his sculptures is the only one he ever signed? Question five? Following criticism of its nudity during the Counter Reformation, a later artist was hired to add modest draperies to Michelangelo's last judgment in the Sistine Chapel. What was the name of this so called breeches maker. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, on what date was Michaelangelo born? Answer March sixth, fourteen seventy five. He was born on March sixth, fourteen seventy five, in the Tuscan town of Caprase in the Republic of Florence.

2:02 Today the town is known as Caprasee. Michelangelo in his honor. Question two, which Pope commissioned the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Answer? Pope Julius the Second. Pope Julius the Second Giuliano della Rovere, pressed Michelangelo, who considered himself primarily a sculptor, into painting the ceiling from fifteen oh eight to fifteen twelve. The result includes iconic scenes like the creation of Adam. Question three, which statue did Michelangelo car from the long abandoned giant block? Answer David roughly started by other sculptors. The block had been left unused for years before Michelangelo transformed it into David fifteen oh one fifteen oh four, The statue became a symbol of the Florentine Republic and now resides in the Galleria de Lacademia. Question four, Which michelangelo sculpture is the only one he signed? Answer? The Pieta. The Pieta in Saint Peter's Basilica bears Michelangelo's signature Michelangelis Bonarotis Florentinus five aasiabat across mary sash. Created around fourteen ninety eight fourteen ninety nine, it's his only signed work. Question five.

3:07 Who added draperies to Michaelangelo's last judgment? Answer? Danielli de Volterra. Danielli de Volterra, a pupil of Michelangelo, was nicknamed il Bragedtone the Breeches Maker, after painting coverings on figures around fifteen sixty five. The changes responded to post Council of Trent calls for decorum in Sacred Art. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.