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He sculpted the ''Pieta'' showing the [[Virgin Mary]] cradling the [[crucifixion|crucified]] corpse of her son [[Jesus]] and, his most famous work, a larger-than-life nude statue of young ''[[King David|David]]'' holding the sling he'd just killed [[Goliath]] with. At the tomb of Julius II in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, stand Michelangelo's famous statues of ''Moses'', ''Rachel'' and ''Leah''.
He sculpted the ''Pieta'' showing the [[Virgin Mary]] cradling the [[crucifixion|crucified]] corpse of her son [[Jesus]] and, his most famous work, a larger-than-life nude statue of young ''[[King David|David]]'' holding the sling he'd just killed [[Goliath]] with. At the tomb of Julius II in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, stand Michelangelo's famous statues of ''Moses'', ''Rachel'' and ''Leah''.
He also painted at the Sistine Chapel "''The Last Judgement''" and the "''The Creation''" (The ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] (1509-1512), and many other works of art. Michelangelo also designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
He also painted at the Sistine Chapel "''The Last Judgement''" and the "''The Creation''", the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] (1509-1512), and many other works of art. Michelangelo also designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
He was the first Western artist who had a biography published while he was alive.
He was the first Western artist who had a biography published while he was alive.