Definitions for Michelangelo
ˌmaɪ kəlˈæn dʒəˌloʊ, ˌmɪk əl-Michelan·ge·lo

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1. Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti(noun)

   Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)

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1. Michelangelo(ProperNoun)

   A 15th and 16th century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

   Etymology: Michele + Angelo, referring to Michael the Archangel.

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1. Michelangelo

   Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. 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 his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. His 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 Pietà 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 wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect, Michelangelo pioneered the Mannerist style at the Laurentian Library. At 74 he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect of St. Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo transformed the plan, the western end being finished to Michelangelo's design, the dome being completed after his death with some modification.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Michelangelo in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Michelangelo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Michelangelo in a Sentence

1. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Man is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature

2. Orson Welles:

   In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce The cuckoo clock.

3. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

5. Marco Pallanti:

   Michelangelo chose (to install his work in) the cellar. He built something that is for us like a totem. When you enter, when you arrive, you see this is like a god to protect our work.

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