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Halving Michelangelo
How many ways are there for a patron to mistreat an artist? He can keep him without work, which is what Michelangelo’s first sponsors did. He can give him work to do for months or even years and then cancel … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art history, great artists, Medici tomb, Michelangelo, Pope Julius II, Renaissance, sculpture, Sistine Chapel, stone carving
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