Hello and

welcome to this episode of Epoch where I shall be picking up part two of the life of Michelangelo Baruna Rotti

after the interruption of that great episode with Apostolic Radisti all about Russia and Ukraine. So we'll pick up the life of

Michelangelo. I left off last time where we talked about the David. So Michelangelo is sort of in his late 20s.

So I'll pick up the story.

This will have to be a three-parter at least.

And in this episode I hope to get through the, at least the first part of the story

of the tomb of Pope Julius II, as well as the painting of the

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and maybe other couple bits bits and bobs maybe when Rome and Florence came under siege.

So with no further ado I'll jump straight in we're using the life of Vassari and I should be doing quite a lot of reading in this one.

So he tells us carrying on the story of the David.

Sorry, says quote, the David for which Piero Soderini paid Michelangelo 400 crowns was put in position in the year 1504.

It established Michelangelo's reputation as a sculptor, he went on to make the Gongfalyonair a very fine David in bronze which Sodorini sent to France.

At this time Michelangelo also blocked out without ever finishing two marble roundills, one for

Taddio Taddai, which is to be found in his house today and the other for Bautoleo pity. The pity family is one of the other main

families of Florence. These works were highly admired and appreciated. In addition,

Michelangelo blocked out in the office of works of Santa Maria

Del Fiore, a marble statue of St Matthew. Rough as it is, this is a perfect work of art which serves

to teach other sculptors how to carve a statue out of marble without making any mistakes,

affecting the figure gradually by removing the stone judiciously and being able to alter what has been done.

Michelangelo also made a bronze tondo of Our Lady which he cast at the request of certain

Flemish merchants of the Muskron family, men of great distinction in their own country who paid

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