March 6, 2026
Michelangelo
Michelangelo's birthday: Renaissance art, the Sistine Chapel, and masterpieces of sculpture.
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Callaroga shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison And today's theme
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is Michelangelo's Birthday, Renaissance art, the Sistine Chapel and masterpieces
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of sculpture. Question one. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonaroti Simoni's birthday
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is celebrated by art lovers each year on what exact
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date was the Renaissance master born Question two? In fifteen
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oh eight, a reluctant Michelangelo agreed to paint the vast
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ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which powerful Renaissance pope ordered
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the project that turned the chapel into one of the
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world's greatest fresco cycles. Question three. A single weathered block
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of marble nicknamed the Giant, sat abandoned in Florence for
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decades until Michelangelo carved from it a monumental symbol of
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civic pride. Which statue emerged from the at flawed stone?
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Question four. After hearing his work misattributed, Michaelangelo carved his
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name across the sash on the Virgin Mary. Which of
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his sculptures is the only one he ever signed? Question five?
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Following criticism of its nudity during the Counter Reformation, a
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later artist was hired to add modest draperies to Michelangelo's
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last judgment in the Sistine Chapel. What was the name
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of this so called breeches maker. We'll be right back
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with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one,
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on what date was Michaelangelo born? Answer March sixth, fourteen
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seventy five. He was born on March sixth, fourteen seventy five,
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in the Tuscan town of Caprase in the Republic of Florence.
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Today the town is known as Caprasee. Michelangelo in his honor.
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Question two, which Pope commissioned the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Answer?
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Pope Julius the Second. Pope Julius the Second Giuliano della Rovere,
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pressed Michelangelo, who considered himself primarily a sculptor, into painting
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the ceiling from fifteen oh eight to fifteen twelve. The
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result includes iconic scenes like the creation of Adam. Question three,
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which statue did Michelangelo car from the long abandoned giant block?
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Answer David roughly started by other sculptors. The block had
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been left unused for years before Michelangelo transformed it into
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David fifteen oh one fifteen oh four, The statue became
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a symbol of the Florentine Republic and now resides in
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the Galleria de Lacademia. Question four, Which michelangelo sculpture is
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the only one he signed? Answer? The Pieta. The Pieta
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in Saint Peter's Basilica bears Michelangelo's signature Michelangelis Bonarotis Florentinus
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five aasiabat across mary sash. Created around fourteen ninety eight
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fourteen ninety nine, it's his only signed work. Question five.
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Who added draperies to Michaelangelo's last judgment? Answer? Danielli de Volterra.
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Danielli de Volterra, a pupil of Michelangelo, was nicknamed il
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Bragedtone the Breeches Maker, after painting coverings on figures around
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fifteen sixty five. The changes responded to post Council of
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Trent calls for decorum in Sacred Art. That concludes today's
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five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions
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were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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