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Michelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroti Simoni was born in the little village of Caprese. He was born on March 6,1475. He only had one brother, Lionardo.
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Michelangelo was apprenticed to a artist at the age of thirteen. The artists' name was Ghirlandaio.
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Michelangelo moved into the palace and the ruler named Lorezo taught him how to make sculptures made out of stone. Michelangelo didn't want to work with clay, he wanted to make sculptures like the Greeks and Romans had with stone.
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Lorenzo Medici died right before Christopher Columbus set in the United States. No one knows what caused his death. His medicine did not help him.
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Pilgrims from all over the world came to see it. It was of Jesus in Marys arms. Jesus was dead.
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He is astonishingly real. It is based on the bible story. In fact the David is about to do battle with Goliath.
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It took him four years to paint the ceiling. He tried assitants but got impatient.
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It was time for Michelangelo to work on his tomb. Pope Julius was the one who wanted Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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He built it for Pope Leo X. Two years later the Pope dies. Michelangelo had only a few helpers.
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He refused to do the work. But Pope Clements had a fit. Pope Clements said "I have been wanting this for thirty years and now when I am Pope your disobey me." Then Michelangelo did the work.
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Michelangelo had been trying to finish. Michelangelo's assistants had to finish because he was to old
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Michelangelo was already 80. But he was still chief architect. He had tons of help. He didn't do much work because he is too old.
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Michelangelo was one of the best artists. Not even Leonardo di Vinci could match him. Michelangelo refused to take any payments for his art. Michelangelo died when he was 89.
