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Michelangelo’s Dilemma

Posted on October 12, 2007 by 100swallows

Living comfortably in Lorenzo de Medici’s palace, the young Michelangelo began to draw and to carve with a purpose, a mission. He would be Beauty’s apostle or Beauty’s priest. This had the approval of all the learned men around him. … Continue reading →

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