Michelangelo

Michelangelo


 * Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni**[|[1]] (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as **Michelangelo**, was an [|Italian Renaissance] [|painter], [|sculptor], [|architect], [|poet], and [|engineer].

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Michelangelo (1475-1564) was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. I am focusing on his work as a painter.

One classic work of art he produced was "the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took approximately four years to complete (1508–1512)."

Here's a two-minute amateur [|video of the ceiling].that at least gives you a sense of what it looks like and the size of the chapel.

I learned that in order to get on the ceiling, Michelangelo had to...

People who helped him included...

The Pope liked/did not like the completed work.

What did this work do for Michelangelo's reputation?

Here's the [|wikipedia article]