Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in 1475. He was born in a small
town called Caprese, in Tuscany, Italy. Michelangelo was one of the most
famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. According to Charles de Tolnay
Michelangelo's three greatest works of his later life, were the Tomb of Pope
Julius II, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and the Medici Chapel(37).
Michelangelo's specialty was painting the human body unclothed. In
order to learn to paint the human body so well he would dissect human
corpses. His artistic talents were noticed at a very early age. Michelangelo
went to study with D…
