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Michelangelo

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Michelangelo [ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒɪˌləʊ]
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(Biographies / Michelangelo (1475-1564) M, Italiannational of birth: Florentine, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARCHITECTURE: architect, WRITING: poet) full name Michelangelo Buonarroti. 1475-1564, Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, and poet; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance. Among his creations are the sculptures of David (1504) and of Moses which was commissioned for the tomb of Julius II, for whom he also painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-12). The Last Judgment (1533-41), also in the Sistine, includes a torturous vision of Hell and a disguised self-portrait. His other works include the design of the Laurentian Library (1523-29) and of the dome of St Peter's, Rome
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Noun1.MichelangeloMichelangelo - Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Michelangelo [ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒɪləʊ] N → Miguel Ángel


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In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by, you only regret that you didn't see him do it.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
She looked, indeed, like one of those wonderful boys of the Italian Renaissance, whom you may still see at the National Gallery, whose beauty is no denial, but rather the stamp of their slender, supple strength, young painters and sculptors who held the palette for Leonardo, or wielded the chisel for Michelangelo, and anon threw both aside to take up sword for Guelf or Ghibelline in the narrow streets of Florence.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
If `genius is eternal patience', as Michelangelo affirms, Amy had some claim to the divine attribute, for she persevered in spite of all obstacles, failures, and discouragements, firmly believing that in time she should do something worthy to be called `high art'.
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