Florence

Gates of Paradise

Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni - 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564 - , known best as simply Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art

Architecture

Brunelleschi, in the building of the dome of Florence Cathedral (Italy) in the early 15th century, not only transformed the building and the city, but also the role and status of the architect.

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