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Michelangelo
Italian artist
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- In full:
- Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
- Born:
- March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]
- Died:
- February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States (aged 88)
- Movement / Style:
- Early Renaissance
- Mannerism
- Renaissance
- Subjects Of Study:
- tondo
- On the Web:
- Smart History - Who was Michelangelo? (Jan. 02, 2024)
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Jan. 18, 2024, 1:34 AM ET (Yahoo News)
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Michelangelo (born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]—died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States) Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. Although the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican; see below) are probably the best known of his works, ...(100 of 6639 words)