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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti

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An Italian artist who sculpts, paints, and designs buildings, famous for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David
  • proper noun
  • /ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒəloʊ ˌbwonəˈroʊti/
: Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Examples

  • The statue of David is a masterpiece created by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

  • Many consider Michelangelo Buonarroti to be the greatest artist of the Italian Renaissance.

  • The artwork of Michelangelo Buonarroti is celebrated worldwide.

  • Did Michelangelo Buonarroti really paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

  • Many consider Michelangelo Buonarroti to be the greatest artist of the Italian Renaissance.

  • The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

  • The statue of David is a masterpiece created by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Synonyms

Michelangelo
vsMichelangelo Buonarroti
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An Italian artist famous for sculptures, paintings and buildings

is the full formal personal name used for exact identification

Surface Forms

Michelangelo Buonarroti main

Morphology

Michelangelo + Buonarroti

This is a proper personal name whose meaning is referential to a specific historical individual rather than the result of composing the meanings of its parts. Even if a learner knows the literal constituents, they cannot derive the biographical information (“Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect”) from the names themselves, so the phrase is idiomatic/identity-bearing rather than compositional.

Etymology

Michelangelo Buonarroti was a famous Italian artist of the Renaissance who painted the huge ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and carved the marble statue 'David'. Because he did these great works by painting while lying on his back and by freeing a figure from a single block of stone, his name is used to mean a 'master artist' or someone with great skill.