1. What is creativity? Are you creative? If so,how? Are you creative? If so,how? Are all people creative? Are all people creative?

2. Creative Thinking Four Stages Preparation: Collecting information as background for the problem under consideration. Incubation: Relaxing,allowing images from the unconscious to surface. Illumination: Comes suddenly and unexpectedly. The “aha!” stage. Verification: Testing, proving or carrying out the idea to see if it works.

3. Michelangelo 1475-1562 Early Years: Early Years: Born in Caprese Classical education Hated school Loved to sketch

4. Art Apprentice To Ghirlanadio To Ghirlanadio Discovered Medici Sculpture Gardens Discovered Medici Sculpture Gardens Torrigani broke his nose Torrigani broke his nose Goes to live and learn at Medici Palace Goes to live and learn at Medici Palace Mentor is Bertoldo Mentor is Bertoldo Real classical education for 2 years Real classical education for 2 years Lorenzo dies Lorenzo dies

5. Early Works Wooden Crucifix Wooden Crucifix (studies anatomy)

6. The Bacchus for Galli

7. The Pieta for Cardinal Rovano

8. Success Pieta recognition Pieta recognition The David for Florence The David for Florence Commission with Leonardo falls through Commission with Leonardo falls through

9. Working for the Pope Julius II wanted tomb Julius II wanted tomb Moses completed Moses completed Locked out of palace Locked out of palace Ordered back to Rome Ordered back to Rome

10. Sistine Chapel Twelve Disciples? Twelve Disciples? Vision of creation Vision of creation A Master piece A Master piece

11. The Medici The tombs The tombs Day (man) and Night (woman) Day (man) and Night (woman) Dawn (woman)and Dusk ( man) Dawn (woman)and Dusk ( man)

12. The Last Judgment Pope Paul III ask to paint back wall of Sistine Pope Paul III ask to paint back wall of Sistine Based on Dante-Revelations Based on Dante-Revelations

13. Last Works St Peters Dome St Peters Dome The Pietas The Pietas

14. Personal Life Very religious Very religious Never married Never married Egotistical (?) Egotistical (?) Unmatched artist Unmatched artist Spans idealistic work to impressionistic Spans idealistic work to impressionistic Powerful messages, forms, colors Powerful messages, forms, colors