Who was the great florentine sculptor and painter whose works include the pietà , david, the sistine chapel ceiling, and the dome of st. peter’s basilica? . . a.. donatello. . b.. michelangelo. . c.. raphael. . d.. brunelleschi

The great Florentine sculptor and painter that created and made the Pieta, David, the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the dome of St. Peters Basilica is none other than Michelangelo. He is one of the greatest renaissance artist with Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael and they are not turtles okay? haha :D 

Correct answer choice is :

B) Michelangelo.

Explanation:

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more generally identified by his first name Michelangelo was an Italian artist, illustrator, architect, and writer of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who used a unique impact on the evolution of American art. Viewed by some the famous living artist during his life, he has as been defined as one of the famous artists of all time.

The term that best describes the way the strings are performing at the beginning of this excerpt is adagio. Used mostly as a direction in music, adagio is a tempo mark directing that a passage should be played very slowly, leisurely and gracefully.