In the Renaissance, who was Michelangelo? What works is he famous for?

Answer 1

Michelangelo di Buonarroti is widely considered one of the greatest artists of all time. He grew up near Florence and studied art, especially fresco painting, in a studio there. Among his works is the statue of David, commissioned by the City of Florence, considered by many to be the world's greatest sculpture. He also carved several pietas, depicting the Virgin Mary with her dead child Jesus. His sculptures displayed an unprecedented realism and technical mastery. Although he thought of himself as a sculptor, he was also commissioned as an architect to build St Peter's Cathedral at the Vatican, and as a painter to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, both considered among the great masterpieces of all time.

Answer 2

Michelangelo was the greatest scultore of the Italian Rinascimento, carved the David and the Mercy. Moreover it frescoed the Universal Judgment in the Sistina Nail head ...

Answer 3

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) a famous sculptor, painter and architecture, was a student of Domenico Ghirlandaio. He was invited in the palace of Medici (1489-14920) where he was receiving the orders about his works. After this period he became famous. (In order to make his sculptor of human bodies better, he also studied anatomy of the human body.

Famous works :
David (1504) (statue)
The decoration of the top of Capella Sistina (1508) (painture)
Pieta (statue)
Tomb of Julius B
Bibliotheque of Lavrentius

Answer 4

Seriously, this man is not unknown.

You'll have WAY more information than you need in about 30 seconds if you search on the web.

Don't forget to look at the major works with an image search.

Answer 5

Wikipedia, Google and Yahoo Image Search are your friends.