Chapter 13 Three Despair - 1

The hatred of everything and of himself drew him into the whirlpool of the revolution that broke out in Florence in 1527. Michelangelo's thoughts on politics have always been the same indecision, and his life and art have always been tortured by this mental state.He could never reconcile his personal sentiments with the kindness he received from the Medici.And this strong genius has always been timid in action; he dared not risk a political or religious struggle with the world's authorities.His letters show that he was always apprehensive for himself and for his family, lest he might do something, should he express any presumptuous criticism of any despotism, the letter of September 1512 tells of him Criticism of Medici's allies, raiding of Prato by imperial troops.He immediately denied it.He wrote to his family all the time, telling them to be careful, and to flee immediately in case of a police emergency: "Like the era when the plague was prevalent, flee among the first to flee...life is more valuable than property... ...be content with yourself, make no enemies, trust no one but God, and say nothing good or bad about anyone, for the end of things is unknown; run your business...nothing Participate." In September 1512, Michelle wrote a letter to his brother Bonarotto.

His brethren and friends laughed at his restlessness and regarded him as a madman.In September 1515, Michelle wrote to his brother Bonarotto: "I am not a madman, as you believe..." "Don't laugh at me," Michelangelo replied sadly Said, "A person should not laugh at anyone." September 10, 1512 Mi's letter to his brother Bonarotto. In fact, there is nothing ridiculous in his eternal fear.We should pity his sick nerves, which have always made him the toy of terror; terror which he has fought, but which he has never conquered.When danger comes, his first action is to escape, but after some hardships, he has to force his body and spirit to endure the danger.Besides, he had more reason to be afraid than others, because he was more intelligent, and his pessimism only made him foresee the doom of Italy more clearly. ——But for a cowardly person like him to participate in Fei Lengcui's revolutionary movement, it really needs a desperate excitement, and it is possible to expose the frenzy of his soul.

This soul, though so reflective and self-contained, was full of fervent republican thought.This situation, when he was passionate or trusted his friends, would be expressed in fierce words-especially when he later shared with friends Luigi del Riccio, Antonio Petro and Donato Giano. The conversations of the people in Gianotti were quoted by Gianotti in his "Dialogue on the Divine Comedy of Dandong".It happened in 1545.Michelangelo's Bust of Brutus was made for Donato Gianotti.In 1536, a few years before the dialogue of the "Divine Comedy", Alessandro de' Medici was stabbed to death by Lorenzino, who was treated as Brutus. praise.My friends wondered why Dante put Brutus and Cassius on the last floor of hell, and put Caesar on top of them (meaning he suffered more).When friends asked about Michelangelo, the topic of discussion among friends was to know how many days Dante spent in hell: from Friday night to Saturday night, or from Thursday night to Sunday morning?They went to Michelangelo, who knew more about Dante than anyone else.He defended the warrior who assassinated the tyrant: "If you read the first paragraph of the poem carefully, you will see that Dante understands the nature of the tyrant very well. He also knows that the crime committed by the tyrant is a crime shared by gods and men. He puts Tyrants fall into the category of 'torturing their fellow men', condemned to the seventh hell, sinking into the bloodbath....Since Dante admits this, then he does not recognize Caesar as the tyrant of his mother country And Brutus and Cassius justifiably slaughtered is impossible; for killing a tyrant is not killing a man but killing a beast with a human face. All tyrants have lost the love of the same kind shared by all men , they have lost their humanity: so they are not human beings but beasts. Their lack of love for the same kind is obvious: otherwise, they would never plunder what others have as their own, and never ravage the people for their own sake. A tyrant.... Therefore, it is obvious that the man who slew a tyrant was not a traitor, since he did not kill a man, but a wild beast. Therefore, Brutus who killed Caesar was not the same as Cassius. No crime. First, because they killed a man whom all Romans would kill according to the law. Second, because they killed not a man, but a beast." Michelangelo did not Distinguishing the difference between tyrants and hereditary kings or constitutional princes: "Here I do not mean those princes who have held authority for hundreds of years, or kings who are supported by the will of the people. Their ruling cities are completely in harmony with the spirit of the people. . . . " Thus Rome was captured by King Charles Quint of Spain on May 6, 1527, and the House of the Medici was expelled by Hippolyte of the House of Medici on May 17, 1527. When the news of Alexander's deportation reached Feilengcui, which aroused the local people's national consciousness and republican concept, and even started an uprising, Michelangelo was one of the vanguards of the Feilengcui Revolutionary Party.That is, the man who usually told his family to avoid politics as if they were avoiding the plague, was so excited and fanatical that he was not afraid of anything.He stayed in Feilengcui, the center of revolution and plague.His brother Bonarotto died of the plague, in his arms.July 2, 1528.In October 1528, he participated in the city defense meeting.On May 10, 1529, he was appointed superintendent of the defense works.On April 6, he was appointed (for a one-year term) as governor of the Garrison of Fei Leng Cui.In June, he went to Pisa, Arezzo, Livorno and other places to inspect the castle.In the middle of July and August, he was sent to Ferrare to inspect the famous defense, and discussed everything with the defense engineering expert and the local grand duke.

Michelangelo considered the hill of San Miniato to be the most important in the defense of the Emerald; he decided to build a fort on it.But - for some reason - he had a conflict with Caponi, the chief of the Ferrand, so that the latter wanted to make Michelangelo leave the Ferrand.According to Michelangelo's secret confession, the man was Busini.Michelangelo suspected that Caponi and the Medici party intended to drive him out so that he could not defend the city, so he lived in San Miniato and did not move.But his morbid suspicions fueled the rumors in the besieged city, and this time the rumors were not without foundation.Caponi, who stood in a position of suspicion, was dismissed and replaced by Francesco Carducci as the prefect: at the same time, the unstable Malatesta Ballion was appointed as the commander of the garrison of Feileng (later It was he who begged the Pope for peace in Emerald).Michelangelo had a premonition of disaster, and told the consul of his anxiety, "but instead of thanking him, Carducci insulted him; reprimanding him for ever being suspicious and timid."Condivi added: "In fact, he should have accepted this well-intentioned advice, because when the Medici returned to Florence, he was executed." Malatesta petitioned for Michelangelo's dismissal: with this With this kind of character, he didn't care about anything in order to get rid of a dangerous enemy; and he was the generalissimo of Fei Lengcui at that time, so he was very powerful in the local area.Michelangelo thought he was in danger; he wrote: "But I was prepared to wait without fear for the end of the war. But early on Tuesday, September 20th, a man came to my battery with his ear and told I, said that if I want to escape, then I can no longer stay in Fei Lengcui. He came to my house with me, dined with me, he raised a horse for me, and he didn't leave until he saw me out of Fei Leng Cui Me." Michaelis to Battista della Pala, September 25, 1529.