Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) exerted enormous influence. He too was universally acknowledged as a supreme artist in his own lifetime.Michelangelo resisted the paintbrush vowing with his characteristic vehemence that his sole tool was the chisel. As a well-born Florentine a member of the minor aristocracy he was temperamentally resistant to coercion at any time. Only the power of the pope tyranical by position and by nature forced him to the Sistine and the reluctant achievement of the world''s greatest single fresco.The DVD makes us aware of his wealth of talent an artist must possess to create such vivid and triumphant work.