Alonso berruguete biography samples

A Spanish born painter, sculptor and architect, Alonso González de Berruguete is an important figure of the Spanish Renaissance. His expressive depictions of religious torment and ecstasy garnered him the reputation as the Michelangelo of Spain. He gave much more attention to the emotion and passion of his work than to the formal techniques.

Alonso Berruguete: Spanish Mannerist Sculptor

This placed him in frequent comparison to his contemporaries of the Mannerist school of painting.

His work in fact was greatly influenced by Michelangelo, as he studied under the Italian master while in Florence. This was after abandoning his career in law, even though his father Pedro Berruguete was a painter, and pursued his love of painting and art.

Though it was through his studies under Michelangelo that Berruguete found his talent in sculpting.

During these formative years in Florence, Berruguete befriended artists such as Andrea del Sarto and Bandinelli, and gained a reputation alongside contemporaries such as Jacopo ALONSO BERRUGUETE: SYMBIOSIS OF DESIGN, CARVING AND POLYCHROMY TYT