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  2. Michelangelo - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [a] (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, [b] [1] was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, [2] and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art.

  3. List of works by Michelangelo - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of works of painting, sculpture and architecture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Lost works are included, but not commissions that Michelangelo never made. Lost works are included, but not commissions that Michelangelo never made.

  4. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo's mentor Domenico Ghirlandaio painted Sibyls on the ceiling of Santa Trinita's Sassetti Chapel approximately 20 years prior to the start of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It is not known why Michelangelo selected the five particular Sibyls that were depicted, given that there were ten possibilities.

  5. The Creation of Adam - Wikipedia

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    The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo), also known as The Creation of Man, [2]: plate 54 is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508 –1512. [3]

  6. Michelangelo – The Last Decades review: What a way for an ...

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    Michelangelo Buonarroti, study for ‘The Last Judgement', Black chalk on paper (The Trustees of the British Museum) Michelangelo for all his immense fame isn’t the most immediately lovable of ...

  7. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo concentrated the attention on the depiction of pain and suffering. The faces of the people present are clearly distressed. Pope Paul III commissioned this fresco by Michelangelo in 1541 and unveiled it in his Cappella Paolina. Restoration of the fresco completed in 2009 revealed an image believed to be a self-portrait of ...

  8. Gallery of the Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations. The complex ...

  9. School principal fired for showing Michelangelo’s David in class

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    Many well-known works of Renaissance art — and in particular ... People look at the original 16th century statue of David by Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti in the Galleria dell'Accademia ...