Sculpture "Pietà" (1489-99) by Michelangelo Buonarroti, reduction in art marble

Pain and despair but also hope, Michelangelo described in his prehistory of humanity: the Sistine chapel in the Vatican. When he created these vaults between 1508 and 1512, the main representative of the High Renaissance and pioneer of mannerism as a sculptor and painter already played a central role in Italy's artistic and intellectual life. Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in 1475 in the Tuscan Caprese. He received his training as a painter from Domenico Ghirlandaio, which of the sculptor may be with Bertoldo di Giovannis, whereby the study of antiquity was of great influence. From 1496 to 1501 Michelangelo worked in Rome, where the "Pietà" was created for St. Peter's Basilica. By 1504 he then worked in Florence on the monumental statue of "David", which is still the close connection to antiquity. The following sculptures characterize the transition to mannerism through violent moments of movement.