Among the giants of Renaissance Italy, which gave the world Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Botticelli, Bramante, Giorgione and many other great masters, Michelangelo Buonarroti rises as an unsurpassed colossus. He early took a central position in the art of the High Renaissance, showing himself with extraordinary energy and rare talent in all types of plastic arts - sculpture, painting, drawing, architecture. And he was also an outstanding poet, whose work is marked by depth of thought and high tragedy. During his long 89-year life, the artist experienced genuine peaks of creative inspiration. Among his great monumental creations are “David”, “Moses”, “Pieta”, the artistic complex of the Medici Chapel, the painting of the vault of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the “Last Judgment” on the altar wall of this chapel, the frescoes of the Paolina Chapel, etc. According to the design of Michelangelo between Between 1546 and 1590, the world-famous St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome was built. The light of this distant star is eternal and unforgettable.