1. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
“The Renaissance Man,” “The Divine One”
 Italian Renaissance painter,
sculptor, architect, poet, and
engineer; lived to 88 (1475-1564)
Sculpted at 24, depiction of Jesus Christ on
Mary’s lap after his Crucifixion.
Statue of David, one of the most famous  Inspired new style in
sculptures of the Renaissance
Western art, Mannerism
 Worked to master the
beauty and form of the  He was never truly
human body, believed that satisfied with his works
stone already had sculpture as a whole, always
within Model of the dome of St Peter's wanted more
Basilica, was unfinished when he
died
Primary Source: (To the left) Sistine Chapel, took four
years to complete (1508–1512) on fresco, represents the
“doctrine of the Catholic Church” contains various
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scenes from the Bible. (Below) Part of the ceiling, the
most well-known section today, story of the Creation of
Adam, God gives life to the first man