100 Great Artists

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

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d:.. Vinci _ is One of art'S "10" h ... im, ... " ... d ... isely in pr"perty ~" his ~,ur

"ctSttile gcniusc,. P(-.ssit.iy the gre.",,, m. rille ilrothers and p(Mcss{"(1 .. ~>nune himsclf., the

sculpnJl' in the ...... stLTn trlditiOfl, he "' ..... 1", a t~"e of his death.

m .. tn p.inte, .nd ",chiu"t. Ihd he onl)' lIis 'esl'0nsc to the Sistine Ch"l'd

sculpted his first Pi"i), p.inted the Sistine '-«ignment ,,-J< tt, I'rot"st' 'IJOinting is not my

Ch"l'eI or design ... d St I'etn's in Rome , .ny on<: .. rt'. The "''' -3S we Im(",· _ is hi"o.-y. Fo.-~,ur

ofthn«:: .. chie,em""« ... ould h1l, ...... n'ured his highly uncomfortable yearS, ,\lichehngclo

1'1."" in history. struggl,,1 to t .... nsfo.m .. n (.Id..,hal'cd, l ..... ky

Michclangelo's .bait)' n, judge. block nf ,'ault with Snme of the most ,uhlime .. "d

marble "' .... lcgcn<hry, ""'''' e,en S.1id that he m",,,ouble i"JOgcs in the ... orld.

""uld s"" the 1~''''nti .. 1 6gu'''' in'id .... I low ... "", As an old m'n, he <k:"'t{"(1 the 6n .. l eight....,n

fo, his DIl"id, ,\1 ichcJ.ngclo "' .... ol~i gcd to rearS of his He n, St Pe"T'S II,->ili<, ... ' Inc dnme

, ...... o,k .. forty-year-old bind, p,e"iousJy that he <lcs.igned "' .... not fini,h<,j in his libime,

ah.ndOfled bJ.. ' n()ther sculptor but he would be S.1ti,fi,,1 th., it is nO ... a ... orld-

Leading up to the ""mmissio., ~JI' the Sistine fl,m"" ",chi"",u",1 J.n(b" .. ,k.