In an excerpt from Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists about Michael Angelo, Giorgio Vasari successfully convinces the reader Micheal Angelo not only excelled as an artist, but was also a highly esteemed man with many admirable qualities. Vasari draws this conclusion and is able to convince the reader of this through the stories he shares of Michael Angelo. Angelo became an esteemed artist in his thirties and worked for royalty, great families, and Popes, one after the other. Vasari notes that Angelo did not create his art for money or to be honored for it, but rather out of love for the craft. In order to support his claim, Vasari shares stories of Angelo giving artwork away to the poor and aiding anyone who asked him for help with their
