Ascanio Condivi
Michael Angelo's devoted student and biographer.
Core Belief
"Michael Angelo is the greatest artist of all time, and it is Condivi's duty to preserve his legacy for posterity."
Worldview
Condivi sees the world as divided between those who appreciate Michael Angelo's genius and those who do not. He is driven by a desire to elevate his master's reputation and ensure that his achievements are properly understood and valued.
Personality
Condivi is depicted as reverent, admiring, and somewhat naive. He is eager to understand and record the details of Michael Angelo's life and work, often seeking clarification and explanation from the master himself. He is a loyal and enthusiastic disciple, albeit somewhat unscholarly.
In Their Own Words
"Condivi's description of his master's personal appearance is so detailed that we can see him with his sculptor's callipers measuring the head of his dear master, and gazing earnestly into his eyes, recording the colours of their scintillations, with the patience of a painter."
"Condivi lives, as he said he wished to live, in the dedication of his work to Pope Julius III., with the name of being a faithful servant and disciple of Michael Angelo."
"He may have been twenty-four or twenty-five years old when he finished this work. He gained great fame and reputation by it, so that already, in the opinion of the world, not only did he greatly surpass all others of the time and of the times before, but also he challenged the ancients themselves."
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