![]() He was obsessed with perfection and felt that everyone-from family members to his demanding patrons-took advantage and let him down. Michelangelo had a turbulent, quarrelsome life. ![]() Soon after, Michelangelo was astonishing people with the lifelike creations he wrested from marble-from the heartbreaking Pieta he sculpted when he was only twenty-five to the majestic David that brought him acclaim as the greatest sculptor in Italy. His early sculptures caught the attention of Florence's great ruler, Lorenzo de' Medici, who invited the boy to be educated with his own sons. It certainly didn't come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he asked to become an artists apprentice.īut Michelangelo persevered. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter's family. ![]()
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