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Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet

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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 1475-1564

(1508) Begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling

*Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the David, Moses, and Pieta.

3 pts: Perhaps the only person ever to reach the highest peaks of achievement in two separate fields of human endeavor.

2 pts: Both Lorenzo de' Medici and the Church were his patrons and paid his bills.

1 pt: Experts now think that he was probably standing up, rather than lying down when he painted the ceiling.

"It is only well with me when I have a chisel in my hand."


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