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Michelangelo

Also known as Michael Agnolo, Michael Angel, Michael Angelo Bonalotti, Michael Angelo Bonnarotti, Michael Angelo Buona Rota, Michael Angelo Buona Roti, Michael Angelo Buonarota, Michael Angelo Buonaroti

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Republic of Florence but was mostly active in Rome from his 30s onwards. His work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci. Given the sheer volume of survivin

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Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance artist (1475–1564) who worked as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, creating influential works inspired by classical antiquity across multiple artistic disciplines. His mastery and productivity in these varied fields made him a defining example of the Renaissance ideal, with his work leaving a lasting impact on Western art.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1475
Died: 1564
Works: 393

Top works

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The sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
Les sculptures de Michel-Ange
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Sämmtliche Gedichte Michel Angelo's

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Italy
Active from: 1475
Active to: 1564

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Listeners: 5,001
Total plays: 27,769

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Quotes

“Your lordship, only worldly light in this age of ours, you can never be pleased with another man's work for there is no man who resembles you, nor one to equal you … It grieves me greatly that I cannot recapture my past, so as to longer be at your service. As it is, I can only offer you my future, which is short, for I am too old … That is all I have to say. Read my heart for "the quill cannot express good will."”
“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.”
“I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.”
“As when, O lady mine,With chiseled touchThe stone unhewn and coldBecomes a living mold,The more the marble wastes,The more the statue grows.”
“A quel pietoso fonte, onde siam tutti, S'assembra ogni beltà che qua si vede, Più c'altra cosa alle persone accorte;”

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Key facts

Artist.name: Michelangelo
Artist.image: Michelangelo Daniele da Volterra (dettaglio).jpg
Artist.caption: Portrait by Daniele da Volterra,
Artist.birth_name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Artist.birth_date: 6 March 1475
Artist.birth_place: Caprese, Florence
Artist.death_place: Rome, Papal States
Person.child: yes
Person.signature: Michelangelo Signature2.svg

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Wikidata facts

Image: Michelangelo Daniele da Volterra (dettaglio).jpg

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Commons category: Michelangelo Buonarroti
date of death: 1564-02-18
Commons gallery: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Commons Creator page: Michelangelo Buonarroti
date of birth: 1500-01-01
birth name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
name: Michał Anioł
P13311: Bon Air
name in native language: Michelangelo Buonarroti

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Michelangelo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

30 sections

Contents

Early life and career
Early life, 1475–1488
Apprenticeships, 1488–1492
Bologna, Florence, and Rome, 1492–1499
Florence, 1499–1505
Tomb of Julius II, 1505–1545
Sistine Chapel ceiling, 1508 –1512
Florence under Medici popes, 1513 – early 1534
Rome, 1534–1546
St Peter's Basilica, 1546–1564
Personal life
Faith
Personal habits
Relationships and poetry
Feuds with other artists
Works
Madonna and Child
Male figure
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Figure compositions
Architecture
Final years
Legacy
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

Michelangelo achieved fame early. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before the age of 30. Although he did not consider himself a painter, Michelangelo created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall. His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture. At the age of 71, he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the plan so that the Western end was finished to his design, as was the dome, with some modification, after his death.