Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 -- 18 February
1564), commonly known as Michelangelo (Italian pronunciation:
[mikeˈlandʒelo]), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and
engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence
on the development of Western art.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 fellow Italian Leonardo da
Vinci.
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. His 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.
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