the sforzesco castle was built in 1450 by the sforzesco family which ruled milan and lombardy between 1450 and 1535. the castle's achitecture is that of the romanesque period, the period during which the castle was built.
the sforzesco castle museum contains the rondanini pietà (1553). this, michelangelo's last work, was carved during the last years of his life.
michelangelo buonarroti, almost certainly the most famous artist produced by western civilization is universally viewed as the supreme renaissance artist. he created monumental works of painting,sculpture,and architecture. through this vast and multifaceted body of artistic achievement, michelangelo made an indelible imprint on the western imagination.
michelangelo's work is considered to exhibit an awesome spiritual and physical power and his works seem to have exhausted his personal energies as well as the tradition of humanism that reached its full fruition in the art, literature, and philosophy of his time. the unfinished nature of the rondanini pietà is an example of the aging artists struggle with the omnipresent power of death.
