![]() ![]() The tide of war turns in favor of the Papal States, as allies pledge to assist the Pope. Though everyone assumes that the Pope will die, Michelangelo goads him into having the will to live and to finish his work. One night, Michelangelo finds the ailing Pope inspecting the portrait of God in The Creation of Adam, which the Pope declares “a proof of faith”. Though the Pope believes an invasion of Rome is inevitable, he raises the money needed to resume work on the ceiling. Michelangelo travels to see the injured and weakened Pope, and pleads for him to restore the patronage. Raphael, impressed with the work in progress, asks Michelangelo to show humility and finish the ceiling. Preparing for battle and having reached the limits of his patience, the Pope terminates Michelangelo’s contract. Meanwhile, the Papal States are threatened during the War of the League of Cambrai. After recovering, Michelangelo returns to work after learning he is at risk of being replaced by Raphael. ![]() He is nursed back to health by Contessina de’ Medici, daughter of his old friend Lorenzo de’ Medici. Michelangelo’s work is threatened when he collapses due to fatigue. The work proceeds nonstop, even with Mass in session, as months turn to years. Michelangelo returns and is allowed to paint the entire vault in a variety of newly designed biblical scenes. He flees to Carrara, and then into the mountains where he finds inspiration from nature. During the initial attempt, Michelangelo is discontented with the results, and destroys the frescoes. Nonetheless, he is forced into taking the job. When Pope Julius II commissions him to paint the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo resists because he finds the ceiling’s paneled layout of the Twelve Apostles uninspiring. It then follows Michelangelo, a renowned sculptor of the Republic of Florence in the early 16th century, and shows him at work on large-scale sculptures near St. The Agony and the Ecstasy opens in documentary style, chronicling the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. ![]()
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