Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
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Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork. Michelangelo's
artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed humanity in it's natural
state. Michelangelo's poetry was pessimistic in his response to Strazzi even though he
was complementing him. Michelangelo's sculpture brought out his optimism.
Michelangelo was optimistic in completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered
through it's many revisions trying to complete his vision. Sculpture was Michelangelo's
main goal and the love of his life. Since his art portrayed both optimism and pessimism,
Michelangelo was in touch with his positive and negative sides, showing that he had a
great and stable personality.
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