Lecture: "Michelangelo: Great, Dark, Discontented"

In honor of the great master's anniversary

We will discuss his works and the myths surrounding them:

 Is it true that Michelangelo believed "the brush was not his calling"?
 Why did he say he "freed figures from stone, rather than creating them"?
 What was his relationship with his great contemporaries?
Why was the church furious with his work?