Michelangelo
Also known as Michel-Ange,Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. 1475-1564Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. Although the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican; see below) are probably the best known of his works today, the artist thought of himself primarily as a sculptor
