MICHELAGNOLO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI

Howard Hibbard, Michelangelo, introduced by Michael Levey (London: The Folio Society, 2007) ("To write of Michelangelo's influence on the art of later times would require a book as long as this one. Perhaps no other artist was so essential for the formation of the romantic idea of the inspired genius. On the other hand, of all important Renaissance artists, Michelangelo was one of the very few to come from a good social background. This dignity, increased by his own accomplishment and manner, helped raise the station of artists to a level they had never before enjoyed; it also helped spawn the Florentine Academy and its successors all over the world--for better or worse." Id. at 251.).