Commemorating Italian Renaissance Master Michelangelo 547th Birth Anniversary

Today marks the birth anniversary of the Italian Renaissance legendary artist Michelangelo, who was born in March 1475.

Michelangelo is perhaps the most notable artist in the world. Not only was he a staggeringly talented painter, but he was also a skilled Italian sculptor, architect, and one of the remarkable poets of all time, greatly increasing the knowledge of the time on subjects such as mathematics, engineering, literature and so much more. In a very real way, the great artist was the original Renaissance Man along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci.

Furthermore, he has been an inspiration to millions of artists and painters over the centuries not only in artistic and scientific ideas, but as an icon of all that we feel a genius artist should stand for: invention, the single-minded approach, and a dedication to beauty.

Michelangelo, who died in February 1564, is cited as one of the best-documented artists of the 16th century by many European artists and several scholars have described him as the most accomplished artist of his era.

Throughout his successful career, the creative artist also created numerous surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, besides two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall.

In addition to the above mentioned, he is well-known for some of his seminal work, such as "The Pietà", "David", “The Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508–1512)”, "The Taddei Tondo"(1502), The "Madonna of the Steps" (1490–1492), The "Doni Tondo" (1504–1506), "Dying Slave"(1513) and "The Prophet Jeremiah" (1511).

According to historians, the great artist, who is one of the greatest geniuses in humankind history, was the first Western artist whose biography was published while he was alive.

Actually, two biographies were published during his lifetime. One of them, by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that Michelangelo's work transcended that of any artist living or dead, and was "supreme in not one art alone but in all three."

To celebrate his talent, art achievements, and work, a number of renowned museums and art shows are hosting special exhibitions and tour operators are taking travelers on his-inspired journeys across the world.

Museums and galleries in 7 big cities in the USA and all over the world, from New York to Sao Paolo, are each displaying a number of his iconic drawings through March and April.

The organizers of these exhibitions said: “The life and the world of the artist come alive through this remarkable and transporting exhibit, which arrives on its world tour after blockbuster stops in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Sao Paolo, Brisbane, and Montreal."