Michelangelo Buonarroti

Introduction

Michelangelo Buonarroti mīkəlăn´jəlō, Ital. mēkālän´jālō bwōnär-rô´tē [key], 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, b. Caprese, Tuscany.

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