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Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer More than 200 art pieces by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Loaned from 50 public and private collections the exhibition, Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer, exhibits the largest assembly of Michelangelo’s work in one place. A focal point of the showcase is 133 drawings by the artist. The exhibition began November 13, 2017 and ends February 12, 2018. The Met’s exhibition is important because it is a rare, once in a lifetime opportunity to experience first-hand the renowned brilliance of Michelangelo. Carmen Bambach, curator and organizer of the exhibition, took years coordinating loans with 50 separate collections
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He has to draw the breathtaking beauties of human bodies that could make people breath as well as human weakness and indestructible strength. Before Michelangelo’s painting, the Sistine Chapel frescoes on the wall were already drawn. However, Michelangelo is ambitious that he wants to use his frescoes to prove, "those fresco painters before him are doomed to be eclipsed by his efforts." And he noted in his diary, saying: "On May 10, 1508, on this day, I, the sculptor Michelangelo, has received 500 Ducato from the pope Holiness Julius II, as the remuneration of painting works on the ceiling of Chapel. I also started my work on this day. "

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