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.

Example Sentences

The cast of Renaissance characters is also large and somewhat ungainly, populated with outsize historical players that include Michelangelo, Savonarola, Raphael, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, various popes, assorted Medicis and many more.

From Los Angeles Times

She modeled and got a small part in “Blow Up,” the 1966 film classic about the British modeling scene, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

From Los Angeles Times

Handyman and artist Michael Michelangelo was among them.

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Mr. Butcher was the Michelangelo of Missouri, and his adorable snub-nosed Precious Moments characters were “the Beanie Babies of porcelain,” as The Wall Street Journal once put it.

From New York Times

Tradition has it that the work was drawn by a young Michelangelo, though scholars are not as sure.

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