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Michelangelo

On March 6, 1475 a very talented person was born, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or commonly known as Michelangelo. Michelangelo is mostly known for his sculpting and painting, but he also was very good at architecture and poetry. He was born in present day Tuscany, Italy and died in Italy on February 18, 1564 at the age of 88. Michelangelo lived during the Renaissance and got the title of, the greatest artist of his time. Some of best known sculptures are the Pieta and David. Michelangelo’s earliest known work is the Madonna of the Stairs was created in 1491. Michelangelo was born into Ludovico Simoni and Francesca Siena, his father was a banker but he had failed at it so he had to switch jobs a lot.

Michelangelo always had an interest in painting and sculpting since he was a little boy, he had no interest in school work. After a couple of years Michelangelo started to work with sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni. At the age of seventeen he got hit on the nose with a kid that worked beside him, this is why in portraits his nose looks a little dismantled. He started to carve things more and more between the years of 1943-1944 the start of his long life of success. He once bought a huge piece of marble and carved a huge statue of Hercules, but this piece disappeared while being shipped. In 1497 Michelangelo got commissioned to carve a Pieta which is a sculpture of Mary grieving over the dead body of Jesus a biblical scene. This piece was regarded one of the world's best masterpieces. The sculpture that Michelangelo is most famous for is The Statue of David. It was made between the year of 1501 and 1504. It represents another biblical masterpiece, David a biblical figure that was greatly admired in Florence. The Statue of David was a very detailed piece of work, it was also very, very, very expensive piece. The piece got moved a lot from place to place and from different buyers.

Michelangelo has a ton of art pieces and he has some in The Louvre museum, in France. Michelangelo created a sculpture called The Rebellious slave. It is about a person trying to free himself from locks on his hands. The sculpture is a big piece in The Louvre museum from Michelangelo. His art really impacted people all around Europe and the world. He moved all around Europe creating sculptures that went along that story time.