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Bitmap Image  |  1995-11-23  |  295KB  |  640x460  |  8-bit (126 colors)

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OCR: LIFE Michelangelo, Buonarroti (1475-1564). Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, active in his native Florence and in Rome. His giant talent dominated the High Renaissance. The marble "David" (1501-04, Accademia, Florence) set a new standard in nude sculpture. His massive figure style was translated into fresco in the Sistine Chapel (1508-12 and 1536-41, Vatican). Other works in Rome include the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. His influence, particularly on the development of Mannerism, was profound. Born near Florence, he was a student of Ghirlandaio and trained under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici. His patrons later included several popes and the Medici princes. In 1498-99 he Michelangelo

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