nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW, Administrators
22,417
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − +
no edit summary
[[Image:Pieta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Pieta]]
[[Image:Pieta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Pieta]]
'''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 an [[Italian]] [[painter]] and sculptor, one of the greatest of the [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] and a devout Catholic. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
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 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.