Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who lived from March 6, 1475 to February 18, 1564. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work had a significant impact on the evolution of Western art, particularly in regard to Renaissance concepts of humanism and naturalism. Along with his opponent and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci, he is frequently seen as a candidate for the title of prototypical Renaissance man.