Sculptor, painter, architect, Michelangelo was the greatest artist during the Italian Renaissance, a period known for its creative activity (Comptons's, 1998). Michelangelo created many of the works of art that we think of when we think of the Renaissance. In a time where art flourished only with patronage, Michelangelo was caught between the conflicting powers and whims of the Medici family in Florence and the Papacy in Rome. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on …showed first 75 words of 1655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1655 total…all over the Western World; the Capital in Washington, D.C. is derived from it. Michelangelo was the last great man of Italy's golden age of art. He worked with many of the leaders of his time, the popes and the rulers of the Italian city-states (Compton's, 1998). He typified the vigor of mind and body, the energy, spirit, and the combination of worldliness and religious zeal that marked the great period known as the Renaissance.