Jade's Blog: Rome - Michelangelo and other landmarks

Copy of David at Palazzo Vecchio

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was a painter, sculptor, architect and a man of many talents. He is also known as the Renaissance Man along with his rival Leonardo da Vinci.

Michelangelo's most famous works were the Pieta and the David which he sculptured before he was 30. I could only view his Pieta at St. Peter because Michelangelo's David was at Academia Gallery in Florence which I did not have a chance to visit. I only saw the best copy of the David standing in the original location of the David, at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.
Michelangelo was not a painter, yet he 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. Unfortunately, they don't allow us to take pictures inside the Chapel. Michelangelo also designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and made himself a well-known architect as well.

Moses - Michelangelo