The following article, written by Amica Sciortino Nolan, appears on 1843magazine.com.

The master and Michelangelo

Sebastiano was better with colour, Michelangelo was better at drawing. Together they made a great team.

This is the story of three great cities of the Italian Renaissance, two exceptional artists and one revolutionary new medium. Michelangelo Buonarroti was from Florence, where drawing – disegno – was considered the father of all arts. Sebastiano del Piombo, ten years younger, came from Venice, where cross-continental trade brought rare minerals and pigments to artists who became masters of colour – colorito. The two men met where all roads meet, in Rome.

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