Being that Michelangelo was a sculptor, what did he think about painting? Michelangelo enjoyed sculpting and creating a work of art that was produced by his own hands. At a certain time in his life one thing led after another, and he wound up in a commitment that he had to fulfill whether he liked it or not. When the Pope told Michelangelo that his job was to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel he was furious. He felt that painting was the job of a woman or “mediocrities like Raphael”. He felt so strongly about this that he said painting and sculpting is as different as the sun and the moon. How was Michelangelo Buonarroti coerced into painting the Sistine Chapel? The situation Michelangelo was caught that I had previously mentioned involved
