Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer during the High Renaissance who had an unparalleled influence on Western art. Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist of his time and is regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. He worked prolifically in many artistic fields and the large volume of his work that still survives, including paintings, sculptures, architecture, correspondence, sketches, makes him the best documented artist of the 16th century.