Michelangelo's Accomplishments

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During the Renaissance Period, Michelangelo became one of the most influential and well-known artists in the world. His areas of work included sculpting, painting, poetry and architecture. Michelangelo’s most famous works include “The David” and “Pieta” statues, along with the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. He is one of the few artists of that time that became wealthy and had a legendary status of a master of the arts before passing away. Born during 1475 into a relatively wealthy banking family in Caprese, Italy, Michelangelo took little interest in his father’s business, becoming an apprentice to a painter at the age of thirteen before being taken under the wing of Florentine ruler Lorenzo The Magnificent. This allowed him to study in