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proper noun Michelangelo Buonarroti, renowned Italian painter, sculptor and architect; 1475-1564.
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proper noun A 15th and 16th century Italianartist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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noun Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
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Italian Michele + Angelo, referring to Michael the Archangel.
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Answers Why is michelangelo so important to history Michelangelo is important because his work represented the rebirth of the pursuit of art and culture in the Western World.
Jake became infatuated with entertainment as a child due to "The Dick Van Dyke Show," the work of Don Knotts (he REALLY wanted to be a cartoon fish) and Michelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Michelangelo is probably the result of cross-pollination between Donatello and some other chile I own. on August 6, 2009 at 6: 52 pm | Reply wererabbits
Although Michelangelo is responsible for the design and execution of the Sistine Chapel, the mind-bogglingly complex intellectual scheme underpinning the entire room was developed by the Neopythagorean Renaissance philosopher, Marsilio Ficino.
One discusses the role that drawing played in Michelangelo's career, and the other talks about what is real and what is fake from the Michelangelo drawings.
OK, so I've been saying for a while that I'm going to write an international thriller in which Michelangelo is found to have hidden a secret message in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or something.
OK, so I've been saying for a while that I'm going to write an international thriller in which Michelangelo is found to have hidden a secret message in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or something.
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