[SunkenCiv]

In this video you will find:

• The Risen Christ in Rome, altered by the church without Michelangelo's approval
• The Unfinished Slaves at the Accademia Florence, the sculptures most visitors miss on the way to the David
• The Bacchus at the Bargello Museum Florence, his first major sculpture, rejected by the man who commissioned it
• The Battle of the Centaurs at Casa Buonarroti Florence, carved at age 17
• The Laurentian Library Vestibule at San Lorenzo Florence, architecture that broke every rule on purpose
• The Moses at San Pietro in Vincoli Rome, including the mistranslation that gave him horns
• The Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo Florence, built under a pardon from the family he fought against
• The Deposition at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo Florence, carved for his own tomb then destroyed
• The Conversion of Saul in the Pauline Chapel Vatican, his last large-scale fresco
• The Rondanini Pieta at Castello Sforzesco Milan, worked on three days before his death

[libh8er]

I was at the Accademia in Florence couple of months ago. Saw some of his stuff including the giant statue of David as you enter.

[chajin]

The movie The Agony and the Ecstasy has about a twelve minute preface, in which many of these works are shown. See it here.

[Adder]

He was simply the best...I want to say “ever”.

Another of his earlier works was a crucifix currently in Santo Spiritu in Florence. Some cautions: The church has weird hours so you can’t just pop in and they charge a couple euros to see it.

The Bacchus is interesting because, tho it was rejected, it led to him getting the commission for the Pieta.

There is also the design of the Piazza del Campodoglio in front of the city hall of Rome, tossed in during some down time [j/k].

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