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Depression Strikes Michelangelo

Posted on January 11, 2008 by 100swallows

Michelangelo became very old. Did he go on doing good work right up to the end, like Titian—or like Marc Chagall in our time? No. He grew depressed. Men oppressed him. The human body stopped looking so wonderful to him. … Continue reading →

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