Was Michelangelo gay?

However, while Neoplatonism was part of the culture of the Medici circle, and of Michelangelo himself, and may also have fostered an emergent homosexual identity (see Saslow), claims that Michelangelo's art illustrates a fully developed Neoplatonic system (see Tolnay) have been downplayed in recent scholarship. read more

Best Answer: The meaning of gay, 500 years ago was a lil different than the today's stuff. hahaha dont laugh. Michelangelo was gay. It was both a physical and cultural choice, as his ideals were the classic sculptors of the ancient Greece ( there having young boys as pupils and lovers was a standard thing). read more

Robert C. Clements, a major Michelangelo scholar, believes that Michelangelo's affair with Perini was overtly homosexual (see his books Michelangelo's Theory of Art, 1960; Michelangelo: A Self-Portrait, 1962; and The Poetry of Michelangelo, 1966). read more

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo (/ ˌ m aɪ k əl ˈ æ n dʒ əl oʊ /; Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. read more

Michelangelo did not, evidently, care for the pleasures of the material world. He lived mostly inside his head and the landscape of his own thoughts was infinitely more interesting to him than the comforts of his home, or anyone else's. read more