... notoriety in the field of sculpture. Even from his very earliest works, it is this never seen before ability to "lay bare his soul to the spectator's gaze"1 that provides the intense emotion within the Michelangelo religious themes. It is this ability to project his emotion onto the stone that must be examined in a response to this question. Even during his earliest and least sophisticated works, Michelangelo's sculpture was noted and distinguished due to his unusual interpretation of the subject choice. It is a mark of Michelangelo's talent as a sculptor that after just his first year as an apprentice with the artist Ghirlandaio, and despite a relatively late start as an artist at the age of thirteen, he came to the notice of the renowned Florentine artist Lorenzo de' Medici. Within the esteemed circle of Medici2, Michelangelo had the freedom to absorb the work of many masters of ...

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