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The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Classic Reprint)

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The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti IV. Of this house, then, was sprung Michelangelo, whose father was named Lodovico di Leonardo Buon arroti Simone, a good and religious man, of habits rather antiquated than otherwise: and to him, being chief magistrate of Chiusi and Of Caprese in the Casen tino, this son was born in the year of our salvation on Monday the 6th of March, four hours before daybreak. A marvellous nativity certainly, and one which showed at once how great the boy should be, and Of how great genius: for Mercury and 'venus being in the second house of Jupiter, and having a friendly aspect, it gave promise Of that which did indeed ensue, namely, that the child then born should be of noble and lofty intellect, succeeding in every undertaking without exception, but principally in those arts which delight the senses, as painting, sculpture, and architecture. His period of Office drawing to an end, the father returned to Florence, and put the child out to nurse in a village called Settignano, three miles from the City, where they still have an estate: which indeed was one of the first properties acquired by Messer Simone da Canossa in that country. The nurse was the daughter of a sculptor, and was likewise married to a sculptor. On account of which Michelangelo is wont to say that it is no wonder that he should take such delight in the chisel: jesting merely, unless per chance he say this in earnest, knowing that the nurse's milk has so much power within us, that changing the constitution of the body, it often introduces a new pro pensity, quite diverse from that which belongs to us by nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Release date Australia
April 25th, 2018
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
4 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
Forgotten Books
Pages
190
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Dimensions
152x229x10
ISBN-13
9781330433034
Product ID
23400848

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