Born in Caprese in 1475, Michelangelo was a famous Italian sculptor, architect, painter, poet and engineer of the High Renaissance. At the age of 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed by Domenico Ghirlandaio, one of the artists called to paint the Sistine Chapel. One year later, Michelangelo continued his apprenticeship at the Medici’s Humanist academy, where he …