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Diane Stanley has written and illustrated a prize-winning series of picture-book biographies.
She has brought to life such historical figures as
Peter the
Great, Joan of
Arc, Leonardo da
Vinci, and Cleopatra.
Read
more about Diane
Stanley!
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Michelangelo always said he got his love of
sculpture from the
stonecutters he knew as a child.
After he asked to become an artist's apprentice, his father beat him. Still, he persevered, and soon he was astonishing people with his
life-like marble sculptures. Even so, Michelangelo was never satisfied. Obsessed with perfection, he fought with everyone -- including the popes who prized his genius but were as stubborn and demanding as the artist himself.
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Diane Stanley tells how she decided
to work on Michelangelo:
"When
I was doing the research for Leonardo
Da Vinci, I got a whiff of
Michelangelo's personality, since
the two men knew and disliked one
another. I had long known of
Michelangelo's tumultuous life, but
I learned that he was an even more
fascinating man than I had imagined.
And that is what I always look for
in choosing my subjects: someone who
led a really interesting life."
Read
more on the making of Michelangelo!
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