Is there anything more that can be said about Michelangelo? Universally (21) as one of the dominant masters of art for all time, he achieved fame and wealth in his lifetime, and his genius is apparent in every (22) he worked, and with every tool he used: chisel, brush, draftsman’s pen, and chalks. Michelangelo’s achievements seem unimaginable because of his forgoing the traditional paths of artistic training. More than 500 years after his unique (23) burst forth on a stunned world, the David, the Moses, or the astonishing frescos of the Sistine Chapel is but a hint of his full legacy. With his life twice as long as most of his (24) , his career spanned the glories of Renaissance Florence, the discovery of the New World, both the Reformation and the first stirrings of the Counter-Reformation, and the pontificate of 13 Popes. With all of this before us, it is no wonder (25) Michelangelo – with only the exceptions of Shakespeare, Rembrandt, and Beethoven – has inspired more scholarly and popular attention to produce an ever-expanding portrait blended by truth and legend.