In full MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]--d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

米开朗基罗简介：
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Indeed it was said that a true Renaissance man needed to have all these talents and also to have been a diplomat and that Michelangelo was the only person to have ever embodied these criteria. Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and the David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential fresco paintings in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Later in life he designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the same city and revolutionised classical architecture with his invention of the giant order of pilasters.

米开朗琪罗中文简介：

（Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564）意大利文艺复兴盛期的雕塑家、画家、建筑师和诗人。生于佛罗伦萨。十三岁从基兰达约（Ghirlandaio）学画一年，后从多那太罗的学生贝托多（Bertoldo）学习雕塑一年，主要靠自学。他的艺术创作在人文主义思想支配下，并受到萨伏那罗拉（Savonorola）宗教改革运动的影响，以现实主义方法和浪漫主义的幻想，表现当时市民阶层的爱国主义和国自己而斗争的精神面貌。在艺术上具有坚强的毅力和雄伟的气魄。中年的作《大卫》雕像，被认为是象征着为正义事业而奋斗的力量。又在西斯廷教堂八百玉方米的天花板上，连续工作四年，独立完成了《创世纪》的巨型天顶画。晚年所作美第奇陵墓雕像《晨》、《幕》、《昼》、《夜》，具有冷静而沉郁的悲剧性质，显示出人物心情的激动与意志的矛盾，反映了当时意大利人民失去自由和独立的精神状态。重要作品尚有壁画《最后的审判》、雕塑《摩西》及《奴隶》等。建筑设计有罗马圣彼得大教堂的圆柄和加必多利广场行政建筑群等。并有辑本诗集传世。