Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), was a famous Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who had a remarkable influence on the development of Western art. Michelangelo was born in Florence, to a family that belonged to minor nobility. Sadly, they lost their status by the time the sculptor was born. Even though going from nobility to creating art was considered a downward social step, Michelangelo became an apprentice to a well-known painter named Domenico Ghirlandaio. Later on, he went to study sculpture in the gardens of the influential Medici family. Unlike many other artists that received their laurels post-mortem, Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime. In fact, his career was so well documented at the time that he was the first artist who had a biography published while he was alive. Of course, he remains one of the greatest art creators of all times . His work consisted of vast and ambitious p...
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