Michelangelo Buonarroti, arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. As an artist he was unmatched, the creator of works of sublime beauty that express the full extent of the human condition. He was a modest man and considered his arts only to be …showed first 75 words of 1427 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1427 total…For posterity Michelangelo has always remained part of the small group of the most exalted artists. Very much like Shakespeare or Beethoven, his focal point of expression derived from the tragic experience of humanity with the greatest depth and universal scope. Work Cited: Argan, Giulio Carlos. Michelangelo: Architect. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>and Thames and Hudson Ltd., London. 1993.