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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6
March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo
(Italian pronunciation: [mikeˈlandʒelo]), was an Italian Renaissance
sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an
unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite
making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines
he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a
contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with
fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his
lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the
greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting,
sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence.
His output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when
the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that
survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist
of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David,
were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of
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painting, Michelangelo also created two of the
most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the
scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar
wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect, Michelangelo
pioneered the Mannerist style at the Laurentian Library. At 74 he
succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St.
Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the plan, the western end
being finished to Michelangelo's design, the dome being completed
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