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Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo
The Florentine sculptor (1475--1564) whose hands 'listen at the stone'; in the tale God himself is the figure shut up in the marble, waiting to be freed.
Reading notes
- The Book of Hours §29 Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475--1564); for Rilke the giant who 'forgot the immeasurable,' the artist an age throws up to lift its whole weight, loving God with a 'lofty hatred' for being unreachable.
- Stories of God §89 Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475--1564); his hands 'listen at the stone,' where God is shut up.