Everything opposes them: one is attractive and sociable, the other introverted and complexed by his broken nose;
one will like to share his orders with his students, the other will face, alone, the vault of the Sistine Chapel;
one will become the greatest portrait painter of all time, the other will always refuse to submit his art to the requirements of the representation of an individual: Raphael and Michelangelo dominated the Cinquecento.
Stefania Tullio Cataldo, art historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance, describes the rivalry between the two artists.
Raphael and Michelangelo dominated the Cinquecento.
Stefania Tullio Cataldo, art historian, describes their rivalry.
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