Returning to Italy, the most celebrated doors are those of the Battistero di San Giovanni ( Florence ), which together with the door frames are all in bronze, the borders of the latter being perhaps the most remarkable: the modeling of the figures, birds and foliage of the south doorway, by Andrea Pisano ( 1330 ), and of the east doorway by Ghiberti ( 1425 – 1452 ), are of great beauty ; in the north door ( 1402 – 1424 ) Ghiberti adopted the same scheme of design for the paneling and figure subjects in them as Andrea Pisano, but in the east door the rectangular panels are all filled, with bas-reliefs, in which Scripture subjects are illustrated with innumerable figures, these being probably the gates of Paradise of which Michelangelo speaks.

Michelangelo studied sculpture under Bertoldo di Giovanni.

While both were apprenticed to Bertoldo di Giovanni, Pietro Torrigiano struck the 17-year-old on the nose, and thus caused that disfigurement which is so conspicuous in all the portraits of Michelangelo.

According to Condivi, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de ' Medici, for whom Michelangelo had sculpted St. John the Baptist, asked that Michelangelo " fix it so that it looked as if it had been buried " so he could " send it to Rome ... pass off as an ancient work and ... sell it much better.

In Rome, Michelangelo lived near the church of Santa Maria di Loreto.

Julius extended his patronage to the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, whom he brought to Rome as his maestro di cappella, Giorgio Vasari, who supervised the design of the Villa Giulia, and to Michelangelo, who worked there.

David ( Michelangelo ) | David, by Michelangelo ( Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze # The Accademi Gallery | The Accademia Gallery, Florence ) is an example of high Renaissance art

: Anthony di Stasio, walking homeward with his sisters from the Michelangelo School, was picked up by the wave and carried, tumbling on its crest, almost as though he were surfing.

Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007 ) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer.

The U. S. DVD release of the film includes another 2004 short film by Antonioni, Lo sguardo di Michelangelo ( The Gaze of Michelangelo ).

Italian sculptors whose work is held by the museum include: Bartolomeo Bon, Bartolomeo Bellano, Luca della Robbia, Giovanni Pisano, Donatello, Agostino di Duccio, Andrea Riccio, Antonio Rossellino, Andrea del Verrocchio, Antonio Lombardo, Andrea Riccio, Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, Andrea della Robbia, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, Michelangelo ( represented by a freehand wax model and casts of his most famous sculptures ), Jacopo Sansovino, Alessandro Algardi, Antonio Calcagni, Benvenuto Cellini ( Medusa's head dated c1547 ), Agostino Busti, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Giacomo della Porta, Giambologna ( Samson Slaying a Philistine ( Giambologna ) c1562, his finest work outside Italy ), Bernini ( Neptune and Triton c1622 – 3 ), Giovanni Battista Foggini, Vincenzo Foggini ( Samson and the Philistines ), Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Antonio Corradini, Andrea Brustolon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Innocenzo Spinazzi, Canova, Carlo Marochetti and Raffaelle Monti.

Lorenzo Ghiberti () ( 1378 – 1 December 1455 ), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral, named by Michelangelo the " Gates of Paradise ".

* 1950: Cronaca di un amore, regìa di Michelangelo Antonioni ( voice of Franco Fabrizi )

It would almost take 500 years to finish this shrine through the work of famous sculptors: Arnolfo di Cambio, fra Guglielmo Agnelli, Niccolò dell ' Arca, the young Michelangelo, Girolamo Coltellini and Giovanni Batista Boudard.

The two men were soon joined by Pietro di Santa Rosa and Michelangelo Castelli, who soon assumed the position of vice-director.

Italian Renaissance painting exercised a dominant influence on subsequent European painting ( see Western painting ) for centuries afterwards, with artists such as Giotto di Bondone, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian.

His noble conception of art and his high personal ambition were evidenced in the inscription which he placed over his studio Il disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano (" Michelangelo's design and Titian's color ").

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

* a conjunction of many values ( Lodovico Dolce thought Raphael perfect because Raphael had manifold talent, as opposed to the one-sided Michelangelo );

Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donatello, Master splinter and Shredder

Virtually all current biographies of Matilda assert that the child died in its first year of infancy, however genealogies contemporaneous with Michelangelo Buonarroti claimed that Beatrice survived, and Michelangelo himself falsely claimed to be a descendant of Beatrice and, therefore, Matilda.

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti at 72 by Giulio Bonasone, 1546

* February 18 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist, architect and sculptor ( b. 1475 )

* November 1 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

* Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

Michelangelo Buonarroti | Michelangelo.

* Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the fortifications of Florence.

* December – Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

* Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.

* March 6 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter ( d. 1564 )

The Pietà ( 1498 – 1499 ) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Michelangelo carved ( Michelangelo Buonarroti, Florentine, made this ) on the sash running across Mary's chest.

Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to repaint the vault, or ceiling, of the Chapel.

The existing design of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the surrounding palazzi was created by Renaissance artist and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 – 1546.

The centre stage for the Renaissance would prove to be Italy, where city-states such as Florence erected great structures, including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Fountain of Neptune, and the Laurentian Library which was planned and built by Michelangelo Buonarroti, a famous stonemason of the Renaissance.

Pope Julius II sent Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti, who were working at the Vatican, to examine the discovery.

During this time, Michelangelo Buonarroti painted the Sistine Chapel and carved the famous Pietà, Gianlorenzo Bernini created the massive columns in St. Peter's Basilica, and Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper.

High Renaissance artists include such figures as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Raffaello Sanzio.

* Shostakovich, Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin on the Polygram label