Aziz Art Nov2019

It is known as the Doni Tondo and
hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in its
original magnificent frame which
Michelangelo may have
designed.He also may have
painted the Madonna and Child
with John the Baptist, known as the
Manchester Madonna and now in
the National Gallery, London,
United Kingdom.
Sistine Chapel ceiling, 1505–12
Michelangelo painted the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel; the work
took approximately four years to
complete (1508–12)
In 1505, Michelangelo was invited
back to Rome by the newly
elected Pope Julius II. He was
commissioned to build the Pope's
tomb, which was to include forty
statues and be finished in five
years.
Under the patronage of the Pope,
Michelangelo experienced
constant interruptions to his work
on the tomb in order to accomplish
numerous other tasks. Although
Michelangelo worked on the tomb
for 40 years, it was never finished
to his satisfaction. It is located in
the Church of S. Pietro in Vincoli in
Rome and is most famous for the
central figure of Moses, completed
in 1516.Of the other statues
intended for the tomb, two known
as the Heroic Captive and the Dying
Captive, are now in the Louvre.
During the same period,
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel, which took
approximately four years to
complete (1508–1512). According
to Condivi's account, Bramante,
who was working on the building of
St Peter's Basilica, resented
Michelangelo's commission for the
Pope's tomb and convinced the
Pope to commission him in a
medium with which he was
unfamiliar, in order that he might
fail at the task.