One of the greatest artists of the Italian renaissance was Michelangelo. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni and he was a magnificent sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
He was the greatest sculptor since the Roman times.
Michelangelo was born March the 6th, 1475 in Caprice, Italy. Two weeks after his birth, his family moved to Florence. He was the 2nd of five sons.
He spent his early years living with his nurse in a small village outside Florence. The countryside around this little village was rich with stone. It was during these early years that Michelangelo would watch stone masons and sculptors hard at work. It is said this was his inspiration.
At the age of 6 his mother died. After 4 years his father married again and decided that Michelangelo should attend school. But Michela
His last great piece was the completion of St Peter’s Cathedral. By now he was an old man, still doing some carving, writing poetry and making sketches.
After 2 years Michelangelo was then to attend the sculpture school of Lorenzo the Magnificent at the Medici Palace in Florence. He took quickly to sculpture and showed extraordinary talent and remained with the Medici family for some years.
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