Michangelo and Leonardo

By John Murphree

@JWMILLER (3275)

Westmoreland, Tennessee

April 19, 2020 7:26pm CST

Michangelo and Leonardo were in artistic competition during their lifetimes, the 16th century, according to Michangelo's biographer, Irving Stone. According to Stone, Leonardo made fun of Michangelo because the latter did 'dirty' sculpting work rather than doing higher classed painting, as Leoranado did. Michangelo and Leonardo both have paintings entitled "Enunciation" about Mary's being informed that she would give birth to Jesus, that Son of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit. These paintings are in the Ufizzi art gallery in Florence, Italy, where they both lived.

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@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

20 Apr 20

I had the luck of going to the Sistine chapel. I don´t know if I would like it so much now, after it was cleaned.

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@LadyDuck (502427)

• Italy

20 Apr 20

I do not like it at all after it has been cleaned. Those colors look "fake", I am sure the originals were not like that.

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@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

20 Apr 20

@LadyDuck I agree with you although I have only seen the cleaned version in pictures.

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@LadyDuck (502427)

• Italy

21 Apr 20

@marguicha I had seen in pictured and disliked, but it was almost worse in person.

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@RasmaSandra (97983)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

20 Apr 20

That is very interesting I guess there was some competition between the great masters.

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@JWMILLER (3275)

• Westmoreland, Tennessee

21 Apr 20

Yes there was, and not all 'fun' according to M's biographer.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69176)

• Centralia, Washington

20 Apr 20

Yes, Stone brought that world to life. Great and precise detail.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

22 Apr 20

I didn’t realize that. Interesting new facts.

@pjmurphy (2498)

• United States

27 Apr 20

Such an interesting time those two lived in.

@Deepizzaguy (122137)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

20 Apr 20

Thank you for sharing the story of Mixhangeko and Leoanrdo art work.

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@JWMILLER (3275)

• Westmoreland, Tennessee

21 Apr 20

Both great, but M excelled in more fields of art, as far as l know. L was a great scientist in his work.

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