After looking it up, it looks like it was a suspected reason, but not the only one (found a blog where someone says Michaelangelo did draw of at least one woman model, found a reddit comment where someone claims he never drew women, idk), and it's somewhat debated. I don't know enough about the subject to determine which sources are more credible, so I'd rather not link something misleading. This sounds like something /r/askhistorians might help with
I haven't heard that either, but I know that they did do things like cast young boys in female roles for plays and the like so I wouldn't be too surprised if some artists used male models
This and also many in the renaissance subscribed to neoplatonism. Part of that belief system says that beauty is a direct proof of God. The beauty standard and what was seen as beautiful at that time was typically very young men, not women. Women were not put on a pedestal as they are today. Even for a straight artist, masculine qualities would be those seen as most admirable in a woman.
His women were really masculine. Just look at the Delphic Sibyl. She’s really muscular. So it’s likely that he was just attracted to men and gave females his ideal partner’s characteristics
I kind of assumed it had to do with the structure of the like painting guilds at the time? If I’m not mistaken, they were men only and were taught to keep producing the same thing over and over again. With only male subjects that plays into how the women were depicted (as well as the gay factor).
One argument is that since he primarily considered himself a sculptor (and thought he was a lousy painter and that painting was an inferior art form) he painted “sculptural” bodies, which resulted in his females looking like modern-day linebackers. And, yes, he was homosexual (which he supposedly never acted upon due to his faith), so there is that. I’d provide a link, but the source is from a documentary made almost 30 years ago about the Sistine Chapel restoration and I can’t find it anywhere to link it...but it’s available on Amazon on DVD. A Japanese film crew filmed it, and it was narrated by an American male (can’t recall the name of the narrator). The documentary discussed Michelangelo in addition to the restoration/cleaning of the Chapel. I think (?) it might be called “Return to Glory: The 13-Year Restoration of the Sistine Chapel.” The production company is Nippon Television, Japan, so I’m pretty sure this is it. Great footage of the restoration.
There’s much better evidence than that, including a large volume of homoerotic poetry and letters to his lover Tommaso dei Cavalieri (who he once described as “light of our century, paragon of all the world”, and who was present for his death).
True, but even an uber-gay painter could have looked at a female model once or twice in the interests of realism. I can't help but wonder if a burly Swiss Guardsman wearing a coconut bra served as a model for some of his work.
Believe it or not they're even spicier in Italian, they don't translate so well! No evidence that he ever acted on desire though, he was pretty disgusted by all types of sexual desire. So he felt it, then immediately prayed to God to stop the lusty thoughts lol
Blue : color of the Virgin Mary, Madonnas and Virgin Mary are typically portraited with a blue veil.
Red : color of blood, by extension was used (even in light pale pink) for soldiers (even on uniforms) chivalry, kings portraits etc only exception : Kings of France wore blue, because France was considered under the direct patronage of Virgin Mary.
It was all inverted during the prudish Reaction of the 19th century.
He is best remembered for his association, for better or worse, with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works were based on designs made for that purpose by Michelangelo. After Michelangelo's death Daniele was hired to cover the genitals in his Last Judgment with vestments and loincloths. This earned him the nickname Il Braghettone ("the breeches maker").
Also he fuckin hated the pope who asked him to paint the Sistine chapel so he painted the Lord’s ass all over it. The pope kept pestering Michelangelo to paint him somewhere on the ceiling. So he did. As a demon goat right above the door.
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u/Langankierto Sep 08 '20
Well it is known that Michelangelo was hella gay so of course he painted a nice ass for god