Michelangelo Buonarroti I was born on March 6th, 1475, in Caprese, a village where my father was briefly a Florentine government agent. I came from a family of higher rank than most other artists during my time. My father was a banker, however he was too genteel for trade and instead of being aggressive, he made a living from his land and a few appointments. My mother died when I was six so my memory of …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1139 total…tremendous influence on my contemporaries and on Western art in general. I was pessimistic in my poetry and an optimist in my artwork. My works showed humanity in its natural state. I educated the people of today as well as the people in my time about the true religious aspects that there is to learn. I was a role model for the people of my time as well as for the people of today.