I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

Michelangelo

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Art

Author

Michelangelo

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Italian

Time

1512 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Sculptor Artist

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Michelangelo. Letter to his father. Oct. 1512.

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Original Citation

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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Era
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Whatever St. Augustine may say, human creatures would not perform the work of generation if they did not find pleasure in it, and if there was not in that great work an irresistible attraction for them.

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Giacomo Casanova
Source
Histoire de Ma Vie
Genre
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Language
Italian
Time
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Original Citation

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Casanova, Giacomo. The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Simon and Schuster, 2013.