Biography

Michelangelo sculpted exclusively in marble. Most of the time, he worked alone and only during the creation of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel he hired thirteen assistants.

As a future candidate for emperor (there was an informal succession of privileges in the Tetrarchy), Constantine stayed at the court of Diocletian, where he received a proper education.

He was born on 12 February 1809 in the small English town of Shrewsbury, in the family home of The Mount.

He appeared in restaurants in the company of his cat.

Thanks to Gertrude Stein, he also met the influential painters Picasso, Joan Miró, and Juan Gris.

He was fascinated by Freud.

Kate Middleton is an avid photographer.

When patriotic celebrations of Kosciuszko's death anniversary were to be held in 1861, Russian governor Charles Lambert imposed martial law in the Kingdom of Poland.

He lacked laboratory skills. He did not feel comfortable in the laboratory, it took him a very long time to plan and carry out experiments, he even worked at night and still had a lot of catching up to do.

Mozart received a commission from Munich to write a grand opera for the start of the opera season in that city in December 1780.