Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an influential Italian Renaissance artist known for his sculptures, paintings and architecture. He is renowned for sculpting David and painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and was a prolific artist who worked to perfect depicting the human form through sculptures, frescoes and other artistic mediums throughout his long life from 1475 to 1564.

1. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
“The Renaissance Man,” “The Divine One”
 Italian Renaissance painter,
sculptor, architect, poet, and
engineer; lived to 88 (1475-1564)
Sculpted at 24, depiction of Jesus Christ on
Mary’s lap after his Crucifixion.
Statue of David, one of the most famous  Inspired new style in
sculptures of the Renaissance
Western art, Mannerism
 Worked to master the
beauty and form of the  He was never truly
human body, believed that satisfied with his works
stone already had sculpture as a whole, always
within Model of the dome of St Peter's wanted more
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
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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