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'''Michelangelo''' (1475-1564) was one of the greatest painters and sculpters of the Renaissance and a devout Catholic. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
 
'''Michelangelo''' (1475-1564) was one of the greatest painters and sculpters of the Renaissance and a devout Catholic. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
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He sculpted the ''Pieta'' (See bottom) and, his most famous work, a statue of [[David]] holding a sling. 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.
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[[Image:Michelangelodavid.jpg|thumb|left|100px|David]]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. 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.
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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