What was the surname of the great sculptor, painter and poet who was apprenticed in his teens to Domenico Ghirlandaio and whose most highly regarded work (literally!) is probably the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel on which he depicted events from the book of Genesis?

TabbyTom

Buonarroti. This is the spelling in my reference books, but I've seen it spelled differently in some places. Jun 13 05, 4:55 AM

UT-7	Yes ! And his full name is: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Jun 13 05, 5:13 AM

lanfranco

Not to worry, TT, that's the standard spelling. As for "most highly-regarded" work, The Sistine Ceiling is certainly the best-known work, but Michelangelo himself wouldn't be pleased. He regarded himself as a sculptor, first and foremost, and art historians actually tend to be rather more interested in his works in marble, since he cared most about them. Though I admire the "Ancestor" lunettes. As they were being cleaned back in the 80's, they answered a lot of questions about the development of 16th-century painting. Jun 13 05, 6:05 PM

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