Michaelangelo, one of the greatest artists of all time, was born on 6 March,1475, in Caprese, where his father, Lodovico Buonarroti, served as a magistrate for six months. Lodovico was not a wealthy man but he claimed he was descended from an aristocratic family and he was very 1 of his connection. Michaelangelo 2 up in Settignano, a little mountain town just outside Florence. One of the first 3 Michaelangelo must have become familiar with was the dome of the beautiful Cathedral in Florence, which dominated the city then as it still does today. At school, Michaelangelo was by no means an outstanding pupil; lessons did not appeal to him at all. The only thing he wanted to do was to draw and “4 his time” as his elders probably called it, in the workshops of the various painters and sculptors in the city. One can imagine the eager boy, for whom art was the most important thing in his whole life, 5 at the wonderful pictures and statues whic h filled the beautiful churches of Florence.