More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts . ng of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the wallsof which had already been decorated by such greatItalian painters as Botticelli, Ghirlandajo and Peru-gino, and he bade Michelangelo leave off working onhis tomb saying, It is a bad omen to work on onestomb during his lifetime for it might be taken as aninvitation to death. Thou shalt paint the ceilingof my chapel in the Vatican, a work much moreglorious for thee and for me. Holy Father, answered Michelangelo, I a
More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts . ng of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the wallsof which had already been decorated by such greatItalian painters as Botticelli, Ghirlandajo and Peru-gino, and he bade Michelangelo leave off working onhis tomb saying, It is a bad omen to work on onestomb during his lifetime for it might be taken as aninvitation to death. Thou shalt paint the ceilingof my chapel in the Vatican, a work much moreglorious for thee and for me. Holy Father, answered Michelangelo, I ama sculptor and know well how to carve figures out ofstone but I know little of the use of colors in painting,except what I learned of mixing colors in the work-shop of Ghirlandajo. I have heard much about thy success in hisservice and of how thou wert wont to take the paperand pencil thyself and make drawings of thy com-rades as well as correct those made by the master,so I know that thou art well able to do the work,an thou wilt. So Michelangelo made up his mind to do it, andwhen once he had determined a thing he let nothing. to1-8 <u 3 < GO£3 V .a _. ^^ —£) £ .g n ao cc ^ § •s °- O 3 c o 03 a3. -Q to § PT T; 3 on .S 3 53 a) a CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN THE VATICAN, ROME Painted by Michelangelo. A GREAT SCULPTOR: MICHELANGELO 117 stand in his way. A high scaffolding he had erectedand on it he worked, lying on his back, for he waspainting on the ceiling above. Truly it makes myneck ache and mine eyes, he would say, but still hewould keep on with his work, alone and silent. Somany days did he paint there with his face turnedupwards that he injured his eyes so that for severalmonths he could neither read letters nor look atdrawings. Day after day he worked, sleeping andeating little and sometimes working during the night,wearing a little cap of paste-board with a candleplaced in the center to give him light and yet keephis hands free. Art thou not almost fi
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