Buonarroti

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Buonarroti

(Italian bwonarˈroti)
n
(Biography) See Michelangelo
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Mi•chel•an•ge•lo

(ˌmaɪ kəlˈæn dʒəˌloʊ, ˌmɪk əl-)

n.
(Michelangelo Buonarroti), 1475–1564, Italian artist, architect, and poet.
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References in classic literature ?
Was it not Buonarotti who had carved it in the coloured marbles of a sonnet-sequence?
In this connection I wish to say one word about Michael Angelo Buonarotti. I used to worship the mighty genius of Michael Angelo--that man who was great in poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture--great in every thing he undertook.
Jump For Dough made a winning start in handicaps at Cork last month which makes him the choice in the 80-102 rated contest, while Buonarotti Boy is tipped to make it back-to-back wins in the two mile handicap hurdle.
The 10-year-old put in his best effort for some time when fending off Buonarotti Boy over two miles at Perth and this extra five furlongs might be exactly what he needs at this stage of his career.
Just through Babeuf and Buonarotti. (Dawson, Beyond Politics [New York: Sheed and Ward, 1939], 71)
The 32-year-old looked set for a dream success as Buonarotti hit the front with a couple of furlongs to run in the feature Betfred November Handicap, but topweight Litigant swept through to claim the prize and spoil the party.
In one study, Michelangelo at San Lorenzo: The Genius as Entrepreneur [1994], Wallace struck the note that would become consistent in his treatment of the artist: Michelangelo di Lodovico di Buonarotti Simoni was not, or at least not only, the epitome of the lonely, tormented, quarrelsome genius.