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Article: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 1475–1564)
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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 1475
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1564)
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
(born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 1475
–
1564), Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. Michelangelo achieved such renown in his lifetime that he was celebrated as
Il Divino,
the 'Divine One'. In five hundred years, his fame has scarcely diminished. Michelangelo is universally recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. He established new and still unsurpassed standards of excellence in all fields of visual creativity
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sculpture, painting, architecture
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and was, in addition, an accomplished poet. Along with Dante and ...