Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling | Michelangelo On and Off the Sistine Ceiling |
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In Bologna, he was commissioned to carve several of the last small figures for the completion of the , in the church dedicated to that saint | Several scholars have described Michelangelo as the greatest artist of his age and even as the greatest artist of all time |
" Relationships and poetry It is impossible to know for certain whether Michelangelo had physical relationships ascribed to him a "monk-like chastity" ; speculation about his sexuality is rooted in his poetry.
18de Tolnay, The Youth of Michelangelo, p | Despite this, his works were to have a great influence on painters, sculptors and architects for many generations to come |
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During the same period, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took approximately four years to complete 1508—1512 | Scritti d'arte del cinquecento, Milan, 1971; vol |
" This, however, may not have affected him, as he was by nature a solitary and melancholy person, bizzarro e fantastico, a man who "withdrew himself from the company of men.
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