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Meet "Pietà" by, probably one of the greatest artists of all time - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564). It's located at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. I highly recommend visiting Roma and Firenze instead of spending your hard owned money on hookers and coke. I'm a Mediterranean (Portuguese) that has been countless times to Italy and fucking loves it so take this with a pinch of salt.

This famous work of art depicts the body of Our Lord Jesus Christ on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

In 1508, Pope Julius II (also known as Giulio II and "Il papa terribile" - "the terrible Pope"), asked Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. Julius was determined that Rome should be rebuilt to its former glory, and had embarked on a vigorous campaign to achieve the ambitious task. He felt that such artistic splendor would not only add luster to his own name, but also serve to supersede anything that Pope Alexander VI (a Borgia -Google it, fascinating family - and Julius' rival) had accomplished.

Julius, however, was adamant that Michelangelo - and no other - should paint the Chapel's ceiling. To convince him, Julius offered as a reward to Michelangelo the wildly lucrative commission of sculpting 40 massive figures for his tomb, a project that appealed much more to Michelangelo given his artistic style.

But if you experience Michelangelo's work in person, you'll b able to look inside the soul of the man, and how he was driven by faith and not money. Just walk through his room at the Vatican and you'll see what I'm talking about.


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