Michelangelo

American  

[mahy-kuhl-an-juh-loh, mik-uhl-, mee-kel-ahn-je-law] / ˌmaɪ kəlˈæn dʒəˌloʊ, ˌmɪk əl-, ˌmi kɛlˈɑn dʒɛ lɔ /

noun

1. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

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Michelangelo British  

/ ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒɪˌləʊ /

noun

1. 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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Michelangelo Cultural  

1. An Italian painter, sculptor, and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years, Michelangelo sculpted the David and several versions of the Pietà, painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine Chapel, and served as one of the architects of Saint Peter's Basilica, designing its famous dome. He is considered one of the greatest artists of all time.

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Example Sentences

Two reasons Michelangelo shunned Raphael were his youth and good looks.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and now Raphael: New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a retrospective to the third of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Damen then took the foot and set it next to the Michelangelo drawing at the Metropolitan Museum, concluding the sketch was an original.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Christie’s specialist Giada Damen, who spent months retracing its paper trail and showing it to Michelangelo experts, said this foot wound up with a Swiss diplomat whose family held onto it for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam