The ultimate showdown in Florence
Raphael and the Sistine Chapel spy mission
The battle of the artistic media
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sloane Sistine Chapel Spy Mission
A secret sneak peek, with a stolen brass key, to copy the style!
sloane Pope Julius II's chief architect actively plotted to ruin Michelangelo's career by recommending him for a project he had never tried.
sloane Raphael sneaked into the locked Sistine Chapel to copy Michelangelo's secret frescoes, changing his own style overnight.
sloane Decode the whispered gossip to discover the petty feuds between Michelangelo and Leonardo.
Raphael's hidden portrait: Raphael painted Michelangelo into his famous 'School of Athens' fresco as a grumpy philosopher wearing stonecutter boots.
The practice of spying or using secret agents to obtain information about a competitor. In 1511, Raphael committed artistic espionage by secretly viewing Michelangelo's unfinished paintings in the Sistine Chapel.
Who was the chief Vatican architect who secretly let Raphael into the Sistine Chapel?
Which Pope commissioned both Raphael's apartments and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling?
What medium did Michelangelo consider his true calling before being forced to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Which philosopher in Raphael's 'School of Athens' is painted with Michelangelo's face and grumpy attitude?