Inspirational Quotes by Michelangelo (Italian Painter)

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, engineer, and poet. Universally recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo’s exceptionally long career dominated the Italian Renaissance.

Michelangelo was the most celebrated sculptor of the Renaissance and one of its greatest painters and architects. He is world-renowned for his ceiling frescos for the Sistine Chapel, his paintings commissioned by the sixteenth-century Florentine aristocracy, his work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, his many canvasses depicting scenes from the Bible, his famous Doni Tondo of the holy family at Florence’s Uffizi gallery, and his masterpiece The Last Judgment.

Born in Caprese, Arezzo province, Michelangelo spent his early years as an apprentice in the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio. He was wholly devoted to art and religion, living frugally in spite of his fame.

Michelangelo achieved such renown in his life that he was celebrated as Il Divino (the “Divine One.”) He fashioned some of the key images of Western Christianity. He established his reputation with sculptures such as the Pietà (c.1497–1500) and David (1501–04.) Under papal sponsorship, he decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (1508–12) and painted the fresco The Last Judgment (1536–41,) both significant works of Mannerism.

Michelangelo devoted himself almost wholly to architecture and poetry after 1545. His architectural achievements include the completion of St. Peter’s Basilica (1546–64) in the Vatican.

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