# Michelangelo — Representative Men character guide

> Michelangelo in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i-uses-of-great-men

## Who they are

Italian Renaissance artist, referenced as a model of creative power.

## Relationships

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/characters/plato)

_psychological_

Michelangelo's art was deeply influenced by Neoplatonic ideals of divine beauty and the soul's ascent.

## In the story

### [Plato: New Readings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/chapters/plato-new-readings)

Described as a Platonist in his sonnets, exemplifying the class of souls that delight in giving spiritual expression to truth.

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