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He had three muses—three kinds of art that formed the meaning of his life—sculpture, painting, and architecture. "I draw in inconceivable poses… I have to throw back my head all the time. The pain in my neck is excruciating, and it seems like an eagle's claws are stuck in my back, and at the same time, the paint trickling from the brush floods my eyes," the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo wrote about his work on the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. This visually rich series offers a fascinating look at a broad cross-section of world-renowned individuals. Every historic re-creation explores the most important developments of their very famous lives whether artist, businessman, composer, leader, philosopher, poet, explorer, writer, reformer, scientist or ruler. Viewers will enjoy the focused approach to understanding the emotional state, significant contributions, important benchmarks and major turning points in their incredible lives.
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