Summary
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- Context
- Family, Childhood, and Artistic Germination (1475–1489)
- In the Medici Palace (1490–1494)
- Early Career in Bologna and Florence (1494–1505)
- In Rome: The Sistine Chapel (1505–1516)
- In Florence Again (1516–1532)
- A New Home in Rome: The Last Judgment (1532–1541)
- Poetry, Piety, and Love in Rome (1532–1548)
- Michelangelo and the Counter-Reformation (1542–1555)
- Late Architectural Achievements (1537–1564)
- The End of Life and His Artistic Legacy (1556–1564)
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