David used his slingshot and bow and arrow.
Michelangelo
Beethoven's pain comes from pain, and Michelangelo's pain comes from his contradictory soul: he is neither disabled nor poor. He comes from a noble family, a noble family in Florence. He received a good education from an early age and has a high cultural accomplishment and artistic foundation. However, his motherland was devastated, foreign enemies invaded, people were enslaved, and his hard work was destroyed again and again by war. He is very rich, and every time he finishes a work, he will get a large reward, but he lives like a pauper, eating only bread and drinking only a few hours' sleep every day. He lived an amazing life, longed for love all his life, and wrote a lot of fiery and pure sonnets, but he was unmarried and lonely all his life. His family never gave him any warmth, and always squeezed his money again and again, using his reputation to show off everywhere, but his deep-rooted family concept and the idea of glorifying his ancestors made him generous; He is arrogant. He insisted on his own independent viewpoint in art and even fell out with the Pope, but he was weak and ridiculous. He always chooses to compromise and surrender at critical moments, and makes all kinds of absurd actions that are inconsistent with his reputation. His artistic talent is amazing and ambitious, and he has created amazing masterpieces such as David, Slave and Moses, but he still has to work hard for the Pope. The task was not completed yet, and a new task was urging him, so the greatest work he planned was abandoned halfway. He has been overworked all his life, and at the same time he has to endure inner condemnation for those unfinished works; In his later years, he became the last master of art in the Renaissance. People respect him like they respect God. No one dares to challenge his authority, but he is more and more pious and nervous before God.
Despite Michelangelo's shortcomings, he failed to achieve his greatest plan, but no one can deny that his art represents the great humanistic spirit of the Renaissance. He saw human ideals, human dignity and human will from David. From "Moses and Slaves", we can see the struggle between man and fate ... Michelangelo created gods, but he showed people's distress and feelings in reality!
Heroic music: Michelangelo's artistic appreciation
Michelangelo is one of the most inspiring and creative artists in the history of western art. He is an extraordinary master of sculpture and an outstanding painter, and at the same time he shows superhuman talent in architecture and poetry. Moreover, his long life gave him more time for artistic creation, leaving a lot of masterpieces that attracted the attention of later generations. Both contemporary artists and later artists were greatly influenced by him.
1475, Michelangelo was born in a small village near arezzo. The village is surrounded by stones, and many quarrymen and sculptors live there. At this time, Michelangelo's biological mother died, and his father gave him to a stonemason's wife to raise him. After Michelangelo became famous, he joked, "If there is any good idea in my mind, it is that there is a chisel and hammer in my wet nurse's milk to paint me."
/kloc-when he was 0/4 years old, Michelangelo was sent to Gillandayo to study painting, and he showed his talent for painting from an early age. Later, he was selected to study in the Medici Art School run by the then ruler of Florence, and was appreciated by Medici. Here, he reads ancient Greek books and watches Greek works, as if living in an ancient Greek environment, and he even feels like a Greek sculptor. That is, from then on, the expressive and aesthetic statue was deeply rooted in Michelangelo's heart.
Among Michelangelo's famous works of art, the most famous are male giants, who are all heroes, which is the most remarkable feature of Michelangelo. Among the many heroes he created, the most famous are the following two:
First, David. From August 150 1 year to August 1504, Michelangelo finished his masterpiece David. David marks the golden age of Michelangelo's artistic creation.
/kloc-At the beginning of the 5th century, a huge stone was brought to Florence. At that time, an artist Simon wanted to carve a statue of David with this boulder. Unfortunately, he did a poor job. He dug a hole between his legs, and the stone was completely destroyed and could not be cleaned. Many artists give up because they can't control it. However, Michelangelo created fascinating masterpieces and heroes with this waste stone that has been shelved for nearly a hundred years.
David is a figure in the Bible. He was the king of Israel from 65438 BC to 970 BC. During his reign, he overthrew the rule of Philistines and unified Israel. The hero had a wonderful and touching story when he was young. At that time, King Saul of Israel was in power. The Philistines invaded Israel. Among the Philistines, there was a warrior named Goliath. He was eight feet tall and wore a helmet and armor. He was invincible on the battlefield, and there were countless Israeli casualties. Goliath fought for more than 40 days, but Israel dared not fight. David's three brothers all went to the front to fight. Because he was too young to fight, he went to the front to deliver food to his brothers. When David went to the front line, he saw the enemy giant Goliath rushing up, and the Israelis could not resist. At this time, David was full of anger and demanded to go to war to avenge the shame of the nation. King Saul saw that David had great confidence, so he gave him his armor. David refused the armor and still dressed as a shepherd boy. He led the people to the battlefield and shouted at Goliath. When Goliath was scolded, David threw a stone with a stone bomb and knocked Goliath unconscious. David rushed forward, drew his sword, cut off Goliath's head and saved Israel. Since then, young David has become a national famous hero.
David is a cowboy hero in the traditional sense, but Michelangelo shaped him into a giant, a fearless wrestler like a god. This work shows the moment when David is about to go into battle, and the artist has carved it into a perfect "opponent". You see, his head suddenly turned to the left, his eyes were bright, he glared at the front, his left hand gripped the trebuchet tightly, and all the muscles in his arm exploded. His upright right foot is strong, and his posture is stable and energetic. Although there is only "David" in the statue and there is no image of Goliath, David's nervous expression and vigorous body seem to let us see Goliath. The work also shows David's professionalism, and the enemy Goliath rushed up. David is a teenager, and it is still unknown whether he can beat Goliath. David, on the other hand, is ready to devote himself to his motherland, which is exactly what the artist wants to show in a higher ideological realm.
Interestingly, when David was placed, people including Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli asked that this work be placed outdoors, that is, in the square in front of the city hall. This may be the pioneering work of putting large nude sculptures into public squares since ancient times. A masterpiece of sculpture by Michelangelo at the age of 29 became a symbol of Florence. The people of Florence called David a "citizen hero who defended the motherland".
The second statue, Moses. Moses is one of the 40 life-size works in the Tomb of Julius II, which is called the best sculpture in the history of western art.
The image of Moses created by Michelangelo is not a weak old man. Although he has a long beard, he is strong, with extraordinary wisdom, infinite arm strength, farsighted eyes, nervous expression and dynamic sitting posture. When he heard that someone had betrayed Moses' Ten Commandments, his face turned to the left and glared, and his left foot stretched back, he would stand up and rebuke the lawbreaker.
Moses and David are both heroes. If anything, we can only say that in David, we see the artist's strong belief in defending the independence and freedom of the motherland. In Moses, what we see is great anger against traitors who betray the motherland. Why did Michelangelo create these images? Because of Italy's internal and external troubles in the16th century, Italy needs heroes, people need heroes, and artists need heroes. But there are no heroes in real life, so artists look for heroes from the Bible, praise heroes and call for heroes in reality.
The striking feature of Michelangelo's sculpture is to show the heroic image of male giants. Artists are good at creating heroes, and artists themselves are heroes. His works are unparalleled in the world. His personality is admirable. He dared to despise everything and even lost his temper with the Pope. His life has been created in endless pain, and there is no easy life; He has no good environment; He has no happy love and family. However, he said, "The more painful I am, the happier I am", "My happiness is pain" and "One million happiness is not worth one pain". It was Michelangelo's view of pain that created the greatest artist of the Renaissance!
(Li Yin)
Thoughts on Reading the Biography of Michelangelo
Sometimes, I wonder, what should we think of this kind of person called "great man" by human beings? This question became more intense after reading Fu Lei's translation of The Biography of Michelangelo, but it seems that there is no answer. But the image of "great man" is not so far away.
Michelangelo, now commonly known as "Michelangelo", is a famous sculptor, architect, painter and poet in history and can be called "genius". His talent shone brilliantly during the Renaissance, leaving many works of art praised by later generations. Because of his outstanding creative ability, Michelangelo was admired by many people in his time, including the Pope and nobles, and many people could understand it in textbooks.
However, textbooks always seem to create a perfect "genius" image, unwilling to expose the dark side. romain rolland pulled down this curtain to cover up the weakness of human nature. After reading this book, I realized that even celebrities or great men, like ordinary people, are limited by history and have some shortcomings.
He, Michelangelo, is such a contradiction.
He loves his country and his compatriots. He is homesick in a foreign land, but his attitude towards his compatriots is very harsh. Even when his proud hometown, Feilengcui, fell, he ran away!
His achievements in art attracted worldwide attention, but he was enemies with many famous artists of his time.
He is rich, but he makes himself "live like a poor man, tied by work like a horse tied to the bottom shaft of a grinding wheel", so his health is damaged and he is riddled with diseases!
He succumbed to authority, which was attributed to his indecision and cowardice, but he felt ashamed and ashamed of it.
He has worked for 90 years, but "not a day is happy", "in case he can't realize his dream plan"!
This is the great Michelangelo praised by people from generation to generation! He jumped into my mind so vividly from the book that it seemed to subvert the long-standing image. He is fuller and more plain. Only by fading away the sacred decoration can we truly know those historical figures with a long history. The mystery of history is unnecessary, and people just need the truth at their fingertips.