TIL that Michelangelo spent two months hiding in the underground chamber while evading a death sentence ordered by the Pope

[u/MyKinkyCountess]

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/31/michelangelo-secret-sketches-under-church-in-florence-open-to-public

[u/LupusDeusMagnus]

IIRC, Michelangelo worked on fortifications for the city after the Medici were deposed and the city was put to siege. They eventually forgave him, and he kept working on the chapel.

Basically he participated in military action against his patrons and got pardoned.

[u/LiminalArtsAndMusic → u/LupusDeusMagnus]

I thought it was because he made Lucifer too hot 

[u/Haebak → u/LiminalArtsAndMusic]

That wasn't Michelangelo.

[u/LiminalArtsAndMusic → u/Haebak]

Son of a