Who Was Michelangelo

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Who Was Michelangelo?

• Michelangelo was a Italian Renaissance painter,
  sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.
• He was a rival to Leonardo da Vinci, who was also
  a painter.
• He was know for his great master pieces that had
  great versatility.
• he was the first Western artist whose biography
  was published while he was still alive .
• In his lifetime he was often referred to as Il
  Divino (the divine one).

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What did Michelangelo accomplish?

• Two of his best-known works, the Pieta and the
  Statue of David, were sculpted before he turned
  thirty.
• Despite a low opinion of his painting, he created
  two of the most influential works in the history
  of Western art.
• The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is world
  famous.
• Later in life he designed the dome of St. Peter's
  Basilica and revolutionized classical
  architecture.

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The Sistine Chapel and the Statue of David.
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Abilities

• One of the qualities most admired by his
  contemporaries was his terribilità, a sense of
  awe-inspiring grandeur.
• Works of art that showed these abilities were the
  scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last
  Judgment, the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.

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Later life and death.

• Michelangelo died February 18, 1564 at the age of
  85.
• His death seems to be attributed to old age.
• From his life people have learned great deal
  about Renaissance art.
• He is a man that will always be remembered in
  terms of world history.

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