Michelangelo is a amazing artist from the renaissance in florence italy around the 1500’s.He was a world-renowned sculptor, painter, architect and….poet? Soon after Michelangelo 's move to Rome in 1498, the cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, a representative of the French King Charles VIII to the pope, commissioned "Pieta," a sculpture of Mary holding the dead Jesus across her lap[https://www.biography.com/]. Despite being in the employ of the Medici Pope Clement VII, Michelangelo backed the republican cause and was appointed director of the city’s fortifications. In 1527, the citizens of Michelangelo’s native Florence expelled the ruling Medici family and installed a republican government. Michelangelo (1475-1564) was a sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance period—and arguably of all timehttp[://www.history.com/].His work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never before seen[://www.history.com/]. Michelangelo spent most of his golden years overseeing construction on St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.He wasn 't originally chosen to complete the Sistine Chapel. He painted himself in the Sistine Chapel But not many people knew till now. Know more information in this next paragraph.

First, KNow we michelangelo is a amazing artist but he did more than just paint he also was a master sculpture his most popular sculpture is the giant david.Ok, he wasn’t a