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Michelangelo was a sculptor, not a painter, when on 10th May, 1508, he embarked upon the biggest gig of his career: painting the roof of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican.\xa0\nOutwardly reluctant, and doubtful he could complete the project, he nonetheless took the opportunity to suggest that rather than portraying the twelve apostles requested by the Pope, he should instead depict 300 different characters.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how he set about this Herculean task (no, he didn\u2019t paint lying down); reveal how he channeled his frustrations into black humour; and discover the artful way in which he treated his harshest critics\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Book Extract: Michelangelo And The Sistine Chapel by Andrew Graham-Dixon\u2019 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008): https://www.andrewgrahamdixon.com/extract/michelangelo-and-the-sistine-chapel.html#\n\u2022 \u2018\u200b\u200b"The Last Judgement" Michelangelo - The Sistine Chapel Masterpiece\u2019 (Art In Context, 2021): https://artincontext.org/the-last-judgement-michelangelo/\n\u2022 \u2018Art, Explained: Deconstructing Michelangelo's process from a Sistine Chapel study\u2019 (The Met, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQCUTiC0mI\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Alexa Weissman.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices