Italian Renaissance painter,

sculptor, architect, poet, and

engineer; lived to 88 (1475-1564)

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni “The Renaissance Man,” “The Divine One”

Sculpted at 24, depiction of Jesus Christ on

Mary’s lap after his Crucifixion.

Statue of David, one of the most famous

sculptures of the Renaissance

Model of the dome of St Peter's

Basilica, was unfinished when he

died

Primary Source: (To the left) Sistine Chapel, took four

years to complete (1508–1512) on fresco, represents the

“doctrine of the Catholic Church” contains various

scenes from the Bible. (Below) Part of the ceiling, the

most well-known section today, story of the Creation of

Adam, God gives life to the first man

Worked to master the

beauty and form of the

human body, believed that

stone already had sculpture

within

Inspired new style in

Western art, Mannerism

He was never truly

satisfied with his works

as a whole, always

wanted more

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