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

As with extraordinary men like Michelangelo, so with ordinary men like me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men injecting themselves with unregulated peptides and hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon • May 27, 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

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

While Michelangelo walked with the monk to the low-slung buildings of the abbey, the children were set to wander—silently—through the orchard.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz