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Michelangelo
(b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]--d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome)
TIMELINE:
The t known for his luxurious flower pieces, but he also painted several
group portraits that are important historical documents and show his
High Renaissance
In full MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI
(b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy] — d. Feb. 18,
1564, Rome), Italian
Renaissance
sculptor, painter, architect, and
poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of
Western art.
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
‘‘I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.'’
— Michelangelo, quoted in Vasari's Lives of the Artists
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