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01:00, 25 November 2006 {{summary | text=Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Some of his best-known works are the [[Pietà]], [[David (Michelangelo)|David]] and [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel]] in the [[Vatican]].}}
[[Image:Michelangelo Petersdom Pieta.JPG|thumb|[[Michelangelo]]'s [[Pieta]], a sculputre of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] holding the dying [[Jesus]].]]
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* Works
** [[Pietà]]
** [[David (Michelangelo)|David]]
** [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel]]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo Wikipedia - Michelangelo]
{{returnto}} [[Christianity in painting and art]]