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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Michelangelo, Pope Leo X, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, William Knight, Jacobus Latomus, Maximus the Greek, Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo, 2nd Dalai Lama, Sebastiano Serlio, Anne Shelton, Cristovao de Mendonca, Anne of York, Countess of Surrey, Beatrice d'Este, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, Oliverotto Euffreducci, Alonso III Fonseca, Thomas Murner, Ortwin, Hernan Nunez, Valerius Anshelm, Giovanni Rucellai, Pandolfo IV Malatesta, Pal Tomori, Giuliano Bugiardini, Pierre Gringoire, Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi, Ermes Bentivoglio, Stanis aw Kostka, Giovanni Piccolomini, Elisabeth of Culemborg, Pedro Fernandez de Lugo, Anne Meinstrup, Alessandra Scala, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, Petar Berislavi, Giovanni Antonio Amato, Francesco da Cotignola, Guglielmo da Marsiglia, Giovanni Angelo Del Maino, Ichij Fusaie, Crinitus, Yakushiji Motoichi. Excerpt: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pieta and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar ...
