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{{summary | text=Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the [[Pietà]], [[David (Michelangelo)|David]] and [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel]] in the [[Vatican]].}}
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[[Image:Michelangelo Petersdom Pieta.JPG|thumb|[[Michelangelo]]'s [[Pieta]], a sculputre of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] holding the dying [[Jesus]].]]
  
[[Image:Michelangelo Petersdom Pieta.JPG|thumb|[[Michelangelo]]'s [[Pieta]], a sculputre of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] holding the dying [[Jesus]].]]
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Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the [[Pietà]], [[David (Michelangelo)|David]] and [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel]] in the [[Vatican]].
  
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the [[Pietà]], [[David (Michelangelo)|David]] and [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel]] in the [[Vatican]].
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo Wikipedia - Michelangelo]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo Wikipedia - Michelangelo]
  
 
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Revision as of 07:13, 24 August 2007

Synopsis

Michelangelo's Pieta, a sculputre of Mary holding the dying Jesus.

Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the Pietà, David and the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the Pietà, David and the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

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