Michelangelo

**early life and career** michelangelo di lodovico buonarroti simoni, known mononymously as michelangelo (english: my-kəl-an-jə-loh, mik-əl-), was an italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the high renaissance. born in the republic of florence on march 6, 1475, his work was inspired by models from …