Michelangelo

[ mahy-kuhl-an-juh-loh, mik-uhl-; Italian mee-kel-ahn-je-law ]

noun

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

Michelangelo

/ ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒɪˌləʊ /

noun

1. Michelangelo14751564MItalianFlorentineARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARCHITECTURE: architectWRITING: 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

Michelangelo

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 Davidand 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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Rodin was living in Brussels at the time, having just returned from traveling around Italy, where he was particularly moved by the works of Michelangelo.

From The Daily Beast

Michelangelo’s David, the Buddhas of Bamian, the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument are therefore outside the book’s purview.

From Washington Post

Without which the fusion of restoration, study, analysis, knowledge, experience, method and science to restore the harmony of beauty to Michelangelo’s sculptures could not be achieved.

From Popular-Science

When the Michelangelo virus appeared in 1991, he used his growing celebrity to predict doom for the world’s PCs, a tactic that earned him criticism for overstating the threat and scrutiny for fraud.

From Washington Post

The medium made famous by Michelangelo, da Vinci and Fra Angelico, frescoing is a delicate process that entails crushing pigments and painting them into wet plaster before it dries.

From Washington Post

But the flaws and peccadilloes of Renaissance artists like Michelangelo pale beside the misdeeds of patrons and pontiffs.

From The Daily Beast

“I will soon make you finish it,” the pope declared, and to make his point clear, he struck Michelangelo with a staff.

From The Daily Beast

Michelangelo tricked his patron about the David, but sometimes he was forcibly reminded who paid the bills.

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Michelangelo would later claim that his teacher, Ghirlandaio, taught him nothing.

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Italian painter Michelangelo Pistoletto is best known for his mirror paintings that serve as the foundation of his oeuvre.

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Opposite to it Michelangelo's David once stood, till it was removed in our own time to the Accademia, where it looks like a cast.

From Project Gutenberg

He was certainly one of the earliest students of the famous cartoons of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

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Wellington was the Barême of war, Napoleon was its Michelangelo, and this true genius was conquered by calculation.

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Hislonely men in shirt-sleeves leaning out of windows are as real as his ladies whocome and goTalking of Michelangelo.

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There is a pitiful story told of the jealousy of the old Umbrian master for the growing fame of Michelangelo.

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