Michelangelo
Proper noun A renowned Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, widely considered one of the greatest artists of all time. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
The word "Michelangelo" is used as a proper noun to refer specifically to this historical figure. It is often used in discussions of art history, Renaissance culture, and Western art.
Examples: * The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo. * Art historians study the techniques of Michelangelo. * Michelangelo's sculpture David is a masterpiece of marble carving.
- As a metonym: The name is sometimes used metonymically to refer to his body of work or his artistic style.
- The museum's collection includes a drawing attributed to the hand of Michelangelo.
- In comparative contexts: Used as a benchmark for supreme artistic skill.
- The critic described the modern sculptor as the Michelangelo of welded steel.
- Michelangelesque (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of Michelangelo's style, especially in its grandeur, anatomical precision, and muscular form.
- The fresco has a Michelangelesque quality in its depiction of the human figure.
- Il Divino ("The Divine One"): A nickname given to Michelangelo by his contemporaries.
- Buonarroti: His surname, sometimes used to refer to him, particularly in formal or academic contexts.
(While there are no common phrasal verbs or idioms using "Michelangelo," the name appears in set phrases.) * The Michelangelo of [something]: An idiom used to praise someone as the greatest practitioner in a particular field. * He is considered the Michelangelo of jazz piano.
- Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)