Michelangelo and Salvador Dali
Let me tell you about two towering geniuses, astists who were prolific in different fields and who, unusually for artists, were famous in their lifetimes. Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) was the Italian renaissance genius of painting, sculpture and architecture. Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) was an outrageous Spanish surrealist - a master in many media.