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Michelangelo achieved fame early. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before the age of 30. Although he did not consider himself a painter, Michelangelo created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last ...
Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509 —1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love. [3] [4] Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532.
Leonardo spent his first five years in the hamlet of Anchiano in the home of his mother, then from 1457 lived in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle, Francesco, in the small town of Vinci. His father had married a sixteen-year-old girl named Albiera; [8] Ser Piero married four times and produced children by his two later ...
The '24' actor sat down with People magazine to discuss his terminated engagement to Julia Roberts from 1991. Kiefer Sutherland reveals why Julia Roberts ended their engagement in 1991 Skip to ...
Read on for everything we know about Mars' longtime girlfriend and muse. Who is Bruno Mars dating? As far as we know, Bruno Mars is still dating Jessica Caban, whom he started dating in 2011.
Michelangelo, Dying Slave, commissioned in 1505 for the tomb of Pope Julius II. In 1527, the Florentine citizens, encouraged by the Sack of Rome, threw out the Medici and restored the Republic. A siege of the city ensued, and Michelangelo went to the aid of his beloved Florence by working on the city's fortifications from 1528–29.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed. It's ...
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love is a book by Dava Sobel published in 1999. [1] It is based on the surviving letters of Galileo Galilei's daughter, the nun Suor Maria Celeste, and explores the relationship between Galileo and his daughter.