Michelangelo began his artistic career at the age of 13 in the workshop of the Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After only a single year, his talents captured the attention of Lorenzo il Magnifico de’ Medici who invited the young artist to join his sculpture school and also his household. After the death of Lorenzo, Michelangelo traveled to Rome to make a name for himself.
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The Early Days: Ghirlandaio’s Workshop and the Medici Sculpture Garden: The Tornabuoni Chapel, the Torment of St. Anthony, the Madonna of the Stairs, the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

Readings: pgs_. 28-57_