Chat between the art giants
Imaginative street conversation between
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
based on their unique personality and character
Leonardo: “Oh my dear young colleague, you are strolling alone again. Would you like to join our discussion on a fresco painting?”
Michelangelo: “Thanks, but not at all. For me, it’s quite a waste of time chatting with so called friends, specially about painting. By the way, sculpture is the essence of arts and I certainly do not need friends to share my passion about it.”
Leonardo: “I like sculpture as well, but painting is like being in direct touch with nature, which was always my endless inspiration.”
Michelangelo: “I doubt. There is no chance to express human character better than releasing already existing form, captured in a stone block. Nature will be overcome by me, sooner or later.”
Leonardo: “I hope so Buonarroti, but so far, after all my artworks and inventions, I think we are never close enough to really capture mother nature.”
Michelangelo: “Maybe you would think different, if you finished your works instead of leaving many of them unfinished.”
Leonardo: “My interests and talents are so dispersed. From engineering and inventions to painting, music and architecture. My mind is flying, being inspired with new ideas. But nobody is perfect. What about your Pieta for the Florentine Cathedral. I heard you had some problems?”
Michelangelo: “Oh that was disaster. I wanted to break that statue into pieces. I want a perfect statue or nothing. I’ll make a new one, oh yes, you will see. I am doing it tonight, no sleep at all, who cares…”
Leonardo: “Calm down Buonarroti, your sleepless nights will exhausts you. Honestly, you look almost like a poor peasant in that vest, rather than talented artist. You earned enough money to look decent.”
Michelangelo: “No matter of my income, I rarely have time even for a bath, not to speak of ridiculous stylings or similar. I don’t mind looking as beggar, since hard work supports my virtues. On the other hand, your general styling is out of fashion as well. You have such a long hair and beard, instead of tidy cheeks and short hairstyle, like most of elderly Florentines.”
Leonardo: “Well, hair and beard do not change a fact that people consider me handsome more than any of your male models. Plus, I used my popularity and reputation to open a restaurant, with my friend Sandro Botticelli. I am inviting you for a dinner tonight.”
Michelangelo: “You are a little bit old to be compared with my sweet nude models. Unfortunately, I cannot accept that food challenge. First, I do not like crowd. Second, I eat only because of physical need, without seeing any pleasure in either food or wine.”
Leonardo: “As you wish dear Buonarroti. I need to go now. Tomorrow is a busy day for me in Palazzo Vecchio. Battle of Anghiari fresco makes me crazy, but I will keep my experimental technique anyway. That huge mural surface is a Florentine project of a century isn’t it?”
Michelangelo: “Maybe for you, we’ll see about the glory, when I finish my statue of David. I can just imagine struggling every day with a fresco. That’s absolutely not for me, I admit. This was one of my longest chats with you Leonardo.”
See you.
Leonardo: “Good bye young Buonarroti. By the way, I heard that Signoria will hire you next year for the second fresco in Palazzo Vecchio, just next to mine. Accept it please. Maybe future generations will remember us forever.”
Copy of David by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Moses by Michelangelo Buonarroti
La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci
Predecessor of the helicopter by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions exhibition, Milan, Italy
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