Michelangelo was an artisan born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. He became an apprentice in painting and eventually became a sculptor and created a lot of his art in Italy. There three major projects he has completed that he is famous that are the Statue of David, and Pieta; he also created the ceiling painting for the Sistine Chapel of Rome. There aren’t many things that inspired Michelangelo to create his art, but there are some factors like some versions of stories of his life that he created a statue of cupid that interested a cardinal of San Giorgio that allowed Michelangelo to be invited into Rome where he made the rest of his artworks. Also, he was interested in watching people paint than participate in school in his younger years.
