Lecture by Edward Goldberg
“Michelangelo Buonarroti” and “the Medici” are usually the first two names that come to mind when we recall the heroic figures of the Italian Renaissance—Michelangelo as a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, the Medici as an inspired family of patrons and collectors. By tracking the defining moments in Michelangelo’s life and analyzing his key artistic achievements, we can construct a vivid—if sometimes disturbing—picture of this remarkable man and the extraordinary age in which he lived.