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A well known religious artist from the baroque period. Has many great images on Jesus.

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Michelangelo
Renaissance Artist 1475 -1564 I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.                                                                                                                   -Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in the village of Caprese, Italy. He was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, a period when the arts and sciences flourished. Michelangelo became an apprentice to prominent Florentine painter, Domenico Ghirlandaio at the age of 12, but soon began to study sculpture instead. He attracted the attention and patronage of Lorenzo de Medici, who was r

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine (c. 272 - 337), aka Constantine the Great, was the most important person in the development of the early Christian Church (after Jesus and Paul, naturally). He gave Christianity political and social legitimacy in the Roman Empire, allowing the young religion to establish itself, obtain powerful patrons, and dominate the Western world.">Friday, 18-Jul-2008 20:42:19 GMT