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Michelangelo
Michelangelo (1475 - 1564), full name Michelangelo di
Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor,
painter,architect and poet. Despite making few forays beyond the
arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a
high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of
the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow
Florentine Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was
prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches and
reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the
best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known
works, the Pietà and the David, were sculpted in his late twenties
to early thirties. Despite his low opinion of painting,
Michelangelo also created two of the most influential fresco
paintings in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on
the ceiling and The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine
Chapel in Rome. Later in life he designed the dome of St Peter's
Basilica in the same city and revolutionised classical architecture
with his invention of the giant order of pilasters.
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