Michaelangelo, 1475-1564, is one of the best known Renaissance artists.  His art, from the Pieta to the ceiling and wall of the Sistine chapel tell us he was a man of religion.  In addition to painting and sculpture, he was an architect, a poet and an engineer.  He composed hundreds of sonnets and other poems.  
    Michaelangelo was indifferent to wealth and once told his apprentice "However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man."   His religion was Catholic, although some have pointed out that, like Da Vinci, some of his art shows a Gnostic influence. 

Usually, on postcards and prints of The Creation from the Sistine chapel, the image is cropped to this:


But the full painting looks like:



Notice the image God has his arm around.  Not a cherub like the others, but an adult woman.  Indicating that
creation involves both the male and female aspects of God, a Gnostic teaching.