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Re: Re: Flame stirring




In a message dated 3/18/99 8:49:57 AM, hellomynameisj at yahoo_com wrote:

>and michaelangelo's cisitine chapel painting
>were not done entirely by the respective artists? they
>had apprentices who did a lot of the work-



Very small voice:

Michelangelo wouldn't let anyone help him with the Sistine Chapel. He didn't
even want anyone seeing it-- he threw the Pope out on his butt. I believe the
surface might have been prepared by apprentices, but he did the fresco work
all himself.

Anyone else know the details?