Michelangelo Buonarroti: A Titan of the Renaissance Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, a name synonymous with artistic genius, stands as arguably the most influential figure in Western art history. Born in Caprese in 1475, he was not simply an artist; he was a sculptor, painter, architect, draughtsman, and poet—a true Renaissance man who embodied the era’s ideals of human potential and creative exploration. His life, marked b…