Page 18 - Find Tom Michelangelos Italy

Back in the street, Tom followed the old lady to the door of a simple building. Inside, he found a sculptor hard at work. It was Michelangelo!
The old lady had vanished, but an orange tail flicked around the corner of a sculpture by the doorway. “Digby!” Tom called out.
Michelangelo's talent led to
him becoming one of the most influential artists in Italy. His paintings and poems were very well known, but Michelangelo's real passion was .
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He started work as an to a painter, but he also spent time sketching in
the Medici sculpture garden, trying to copy the style of the sculptures there. Michelangelo carved in marble, with the idea that it was his job to free a hidden piece of art from within the rock rather than to create it from scratch.