Questions
Vasari: Lives of Three Renaissance Artists, Michelangelo, "The Sistine Chapel"
- According to the passage, what was the cause of Michealangelo's
fame?
- his feud with Bramante
- his friendship with Raphael
- his work for Pope Julius II
- his sculptures of David and the Pietà
- According to lines 1-5, why did the pope call Michaelangelo to Rome?
- to build Alexander VI's tomb
- to build Julius II's tomb
- to compete in an art contest
- to argue with Bramante
- According to lines 6-17, one could conclude that ____.
- Raphael and Bramante convinced the pope to have Michelangelo paint the chapel ceiling
- Bramante was a friend of both Raphael and Michelangelo.
- A friend of Raphael would have to be an enemy of Michelangelo.
- The pope did not have a high opinion of Michelangelo.
- According to lines 6-39, there were several reasons why
Bramante and Raphael were so eager to have Michaelangelo
paint the chapel ceiling. What were they?
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- According to lines 30-40, why did Michaelangelo not want the job
of painting the chapel ceiling and then why did he agree to accept it?
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