What Michelangelo Teaches Us About Art and Business

The Sistine Chapel was one for the money

Damon Ferrara
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5 min readJan 27, 2021

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Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo.
Photo by Calvin Craig on Unsplash

The Sistine Chapel was yet another installment in one of the two franchises that dominated Renaissance art: Greek Mythology and the Bible.

Like many of the era’s most popular works, it originated with a corporate mandate: The wealthy Catholic Church had launched a new flagship…

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Damon Ferrara
ILLUMINATION

A too-clever traveling poet, looking for writing opportunities. Screenwriter/Marketer/Author, “And One Day My Stars Will Burn.” https://linktr.ee/DamonFerrara