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'''Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni''' ( | | image = ACA Michelangelo.jpg | ||
| birth = 6 March 1475<br />{{Wiki|Captrese}} near {{Wiki|Arezzo}}, [[Florence|Republic of Florence]] | |||
| death = 18 February 1564<br />[[Rome]], [[Papal States]] | |||
| species = [[Human]] | |||
| affiliates = [[Assassins]] | |||
*[[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni''' (1475 – 1564), simply known as '''Michelangelo''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. | |||
His skill was regarded so highly that he was often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal "Renaissance man", alongside his rival and fellow [[Tuscany|Tuscan]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. | His skill was regarded so highly that he was often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal "Renaissance man", alongside his rival and fellow [[Tuscany|Tuscan]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. | ||
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At that time, [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] had just invited Michelangelo to join him as an apprentice, and Michelangelo praised the "masterful work" he had done in the [[Sistine Chapel]], wishing he would be able to see it one day.<ref name="AC2"/> | At that time, [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] had just invited Michelangelo to join him as an apprentice, and Michelangelo praised the "masterful work" he had done in the [[Sistine Chapel]], wishing he would be able to see it one day.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
In 1506, Michelangelo received an invitation from Sultan [[Bayezid II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] to work on a bridge that would span a 250-meter wide section of the [[Golden Horn]] in [[Constantinople]]. However, upon learning that the Sultan had hired his rival Leonardo first to work on the bridge, Michelangelo rejected the invitation outright.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Database: Golden Horn]]</ref> | |||
By 1511, Michelangelo had become a good friend of Ezio Auditore.<ref name="ACRV novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref> In 1515, Michelangelo wrote a letter to Ezio, informing the retired Mentor about a Templar plot in [[Florence]]. Ezio sent his two apprentices, [[Hiram Stoddard]] and [[Giovanni Borgia]], to meet with Michelangelo and to learn what their ally had discovered.<ref name="AC013">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' #013</ref> | By 1511, Michelangelo had become a good friend of Ezio Auditore.<ref name="ACRV novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref> In 1515, Michelangelo wrote a letter to Ezio, informing the retired Mentor about a Templar plot in [[Florence]]. Ezio sent his two apprentices, [[Hiram Stoddard]] and [[Giovanni Borgia]], to meet with Michelangelo and to learn what their ally had discovered.<ref name="AC013">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' #013</ref> | ||
Upon learning that the Templars had found an [[Apple of Eden]], the Assassins and Michelangelo decided to set an ambush on [[Dei Petrucci]], the Templar who carried the [[Pieces of Eden|artifact]]. However, the two apprentices failed and Petrucci fled with the Apple. Later, while in a tavern as Petrucci was still nowhere to be found, Stoddard and Borgia clashed over their failure and Michelangelo tried his best to appease the tension between the two rivals.<ref name="AC013"/> | Upon learning that the Templars had found an [[Apple of Eden]], the Assassins and Michelangelo decided to set an ambush on [[Dei Petrucci]], the Templar who carried the [[Pieces of Eden|artifact]]. However, the two apprentices failed and Petrucci fled with the Apple. Later, while in a tavern as Petrucci was still nowhere to be found, Stoddard and Borgia clashed over their failure and Michelangelo tried his best to appease the tension between the two rivals.<ref name="AC013"/> | ||
In the 1530s, Michelangelo was hired to work on the [[Palazzo dei Conservatori]] in the [[Capitoline Hill]]. He redesigned the facade and adding gigantic Corinthian pilaster strips on high pedestals to make it a little less ostentatious.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Palazzo dei Conservatori]]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] {{Mo}} | *[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' {{1st}} | ||
Revision as of 16:44, 13 December 2018
- "I feel the world flying by and I need to catch it, to become part of its tides and currents."
- ―Michelangelo, in a letter to his father.[src]
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), simply known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
His skill was regarded so highly that he was often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal "Renaissance man", alongside his rival and fellow Tuscan, Leonardo da Vinci.
Biography
In the late 15th century, Michelangelo wrote a letter to his father, which was delivered to him in Tuscany by Ezio Auditore da Firenze.[1]
In the message, Michelangelo revealed that he had abandoned his schooling almost a week previous, as he had "felt the world flying by," and desired to be a part of it. He stated that he wanted to live up to his father's expectations, but also asked for his blessing to become an artist, an occupation his father greatly disapproved of.[1]
At that time, Domenico Ghirlandaio had just invited Michelangelo to join him as an apprentice, and Michelangelo praised the "masterful work" he had done in the Sistine Chapel, wishing he would be able to see it one day.[1]
In 1506, Michelangelo received an invitation from Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire to work on a bridge that would span a 250-meter wide section of the Golden Horn in Constantinople. However, upon learning that the Sultan had hired his rival Leonardo first to work on the bridge, Michelangelo rejected the invitation outright.[2]
By 1511, Michelangelo had become a good friend of Ezio Auditore.[3] In 1515, Michelangelo wrote a letter to Ezio, informing the retired Mentor about a Templar plot in Florence. Ezio sent his two apprentices, Hiram Stoddard and Giovanni Borgia, to meet with Michelangelo and to learn what their ally had discovered.[4]
Upon learning that the Templars had found an Apple of Eden, the Assassins and Michelangelo decided to set an ambush on Dei Petrucci, the Templar who carried the artifact. However, the two apprentices failed and Petrucci fled with the Apple. Later, while in a tavern as Petrucci was still nowhere to be found, Stoddard and Borgia clashed over their failure and Michelangelo tried his best to appease the tension between the two rivals.[4]
In the 1530s, Michelangelo was hired to work on the Palazzo dei Conservatori in the Capitoline Hill. He redesigned the facade and adding gigantic Corinthian pilaster strips on high pedestals to make it a little less ostentatious.[5]
Trivia
- Michelangelo is represented in the Artists mnemonic set in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.
- Though developers commented on the iconic experience of freerunning past Michelangelo's fresco on the Capella Sistina ceiling, it was not present within the timeframe of Assassin's Creed II, and so it was not included.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed (first appearance)
References