... , three years after his arrival, Michelangelo's mother died. During his childhood he showed an interest in the art of painting; he told his father these ambitions which threw Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni, his father, into a rage. It took time for his father to realize his son's talent and true intelligence but once he did he sent him to the ... ever-growing fame and popularity, Michelangelo was soon commissioned to paint a battle fresco in the Florentine hall of state. This painting was to be done opposite of his main rival Leonardo da Vinci, another artist of the renaissanc...

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... , Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. Michelangelo ... ...

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... , Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. Michelangelo ... ...

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... , Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. Michelangelo ... ...

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