By Alan Weiss, Contributing Editor
Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the great artists of recorded history. One of his greatest problems was not with tint, or raw materials, or difficult settings, or criticism, though these were all difficulties of one degree or another.
His greatest problem was securing business. He was not wealthy, could not create art for art's sake, and had to pay his helpers and landlord. He needed business patrons in order to survive. He managed to attract them and mostly please them, though with customers such as Popes Julius II and Leo X, he didn't need enemies or critics.
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