The ultimate showdown in Florence
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Raphael and the Sistine Chapel spy mission
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The battle of the artistic media
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Master of Rivalries of Renaissance geniuses
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sloane Palazzo Vecchio's Dueling Frescoes
Two bitter rivals fighting in a giant hall / But neither finished painting on the palace wall.
Leonardo's vegetarianism: Leonardo loved animals so much that he frequently bought caged birds in Florentine markets just to set them free.
sloane Florence's rulers pitted the rivals directly against each other in a public painting competition that neither artist would actually finish.
A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling. In 1504, Florence commissioned Leonardo and Michelangelo to paint competing battle scenes in the Palazzo Vecchio.
Which Florentine building was the site of the 1504 mural competition between Leonardo and Michelangelo?
What failed project did Michelangelo mock Leonardo about during their street confrontation in Florence?
Which Florentine leader commissioned both Leonardo and Michelangelo to paint the Council Hall?