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- Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Artists
One of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy in 1475. His father was governor of the village where he was born. Michelangelo's mother died when he was very little, so his father sent him to live in the home of a stonecutter. Michelangelo lived with the stonecutters until he was ten years old. Then his father sent for him so he could live at home with his four brothers and study the academic subjects which gentlemen were expected to know. - Michelangelo -- Artists
Unlike Leonardo, Michelangelo was of noble birth. His father, Ludovico di Buonarotti, sent his son to be raised by a stone carver and his wife, since his mother was too ill to nurse him. It was because of this arrangement that the young boy learned to carve. Michelangelo later wrote, "When I told my father that I wished to be an artist, he flew into a rage, saying that 'artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers.' " His father wanted him to be a man of letters, a scholar of higher learning. When Michelangelo finally convinced him to allow him to apprentice to be an artist, his talent emerged in very little time. He went on to study at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens, and when Lorenzo de Medici recognized his talent, was invited live in the Medici household.
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