The news of Michelangelo’s birth is documented by his father “ ‘Today March 6, 1475, a child of Male sex has been born to me and I have named him Michelangelo. He was born on Monday between 4and 5 in the morning, at Caprese (Italy), where I am the Podesta.” (Bonner, Early Life). Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born into a family where status was very important. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti was desperately clinging to what remained of the family fortune and had high hopes that his 5 sons, Michelangelo being number 2, would become successful and save the family status. Artists were considered “laborers, no better than shoemakers” (Bonner, Early Life) and Michelangelo’s father was not happy when his son revealed to him his chosen path in life. But he conceded, and Michelangelo began his formal training as

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