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| − | '''Michelangelo''' (1475-1564) was one of the greatest | + | '''Michelangelo''' (1475-1564) was an [[Italian]] [[painter]] and sculptor, one of the greatest of the [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] and a devout Catholic. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. |
He sculpted the ''Pieta'' showing the [[Virgin Mary]] cradling the [[crucifixion|crucified]] corpse of her son [[Jesus]] and, his most famous work, a larger-than-life nude statue of young ''[[King David|David]]'' holding the sling he'd just killed [[Goliath]] with. | He sculpted the ''Pieta'' showing the [[Virgin Mary]] cradling the [[crucifixion|crucified]] corpse of her son [[Jesus]] and, his most famous work, a larger-than-life nude statue of young ''[[King David|David]]'' holding the sling he'd just killed [[Goliath]] with. | ||
Revision as of 01:39, May 14, 2008
Michelangelo (1475-1564) was an Italian painter and sculptor, one of the greatest of the Renaissance and a devout Catholic. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
He sculpted the Pieta showing the Virgin Mary cradling the crucified corpse of her son Jesus and, his most famous work, a larger-than-life nude statue of young David holding the sling he'd just killed Goliath with. He also painted at the Sistine Chapel "The Last Judgement" and the "The Creation" (The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1509-1512), and many other works of art.
Selected Works
The Holy Family
King David, after killing Goliath
The Last Judgement, The Sistine Chapel
