Alexia's favourite artist:

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon

Known as Michelangelo, was born in the 6^th of March 1475 in Caprese, Tuscany. He was a sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. Michelangelo was the greatest living artist in his time and he is still considered to be one of the greatest artists of all times.

The Pietà and David are his most well-known sculptures.

When Michelangelo arrived in Rome, he was made by the Pope Julius II to paint Sistine’s Chapel ceiling. He was also the architect of St Peter’s and it’s dome, where the Pietà was placed and he redesigned The Capitoline Hill. 

Eventually, Michelangelo returned to Florence and then the consuls of the Guild of Wool asked him to complete an unfinished project, a colossal statue of David as a symbol of Florentine freedom.

Many samples of Michelangelo’s work are displayed in Rome, Florence, Milan, New York, London, Bologna, Bruges, Paris, Besancon, Norfolk, Haarlem, Windsor and Bayonne.

He died on the 18th of February 1564.

                                                                  

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