Michelangelo  
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Good luck, angels: wander through this web-museum to solve your mysteries!

Question 1: In what year was Michelangelo born?

Question 5: In real life, what work by
 Michelangelo is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City?
Question 2: Michelangelo grew up in the Settignano district near Florence, Italy. What special grey stone was available for sculpturing there?

Question 6: Where is the finished version of the answer to Question 5?  What are six other works that appear with it?

Question 3: What position did Michelangelo accept just before his 13th birthday, and with whom did he become associated? Question 7: How many scenes from the book of Genesis are depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling?  What are they?  Feel free to browse and look at them!

Question 4: What was Michelangelo's first major sculpture, and what did it depict or show?

Question 8: One of the little known facts about Michelangelo is that he was a writer as well as an artist.  What types of poems did he write, and whose styles did he imitate?  Hint:  look in the second paragraph of the link.