Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, whose work had a great impact on the development of Western art, especially in relation to the Renaissance notions of humanism and naturalism. He is often think about a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci.
He sculpted two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, before the age of thirty. In spite of holding a low opinion of painting, he also created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall. His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture. At the age of 74, he achieves Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. He change plan so that the western end was finished to his design, as was the dome, with some alteration, after his death.
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