Michelangelo TIMELINE: The High Renaissance In full MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence --d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. ``I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.'' -- Michelangelo, quoted in ...

William Thomas Wood (1877-1958) - Floral Impressions - Recognized primarily as a British landscape and flower painter, his paintings display his study of both the Classical and Impressionist artist's techniques.