Before we can begin to examine The Agony and the Ecstasy, we must understand Michelangelo and other artists as Stone saw them. Stone considered the artist a creator as well as a part of creation, just as God is seen in many of today's ideologies. ... Despite his impoverished family's protests, Michelangelo continued his apprenticeship, he was working as an artist, for once in his life he found friendships and a feeling of belonging through the other apprentices; nothing could draw him away from his vocation except of course, the passion and yearning that had drawn him to the apprenti...

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When I told my father that I wish to be an artist, he flew into a rage, 'artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers." ... It was the only work of his that Michelangelo ever signed, and he did so in a fit of rage after hearing someone mistake the statue as being the work of another artist. ... In 1534, Michelangelo left Florence forever. ... As was his custom, Michelangelo portrayed all the figures nude, but prim draperies were added by another artist (who was called the "breeches-maker") a decade later, as the cultural climate became more conservative. ... As soon as they reache...

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The head of this talented group of artists was Lorenzo. He was a strong supporter of scholars, artists, musicians etc. ... Brunelleschi designed the building, Donatello designed the pulpit and Michelangelo designed a new sacristy which houses the famous Medici tombs. Michelangelo also helped build the Laurentian library which houses the many literary works the Medici's collected thruought the years. Aside from his support of such artists, Lorenzo himself was an artist of some sort. ...

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