Michelangelo was pessimistic in his poetry and an optimist in his artwork.
             Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed
             humanity in it's natural state. Michelangelo's poetry was pessimistic in his
             response to Strazzi even though he was complementing him. Michelangelo's
             sculpture brought out his optimism. Michelangelo was optimistic in
             completing The Tomb of Pope Julius II and persevered through it's many
             revisions trying to complete his vision. Sculpture was Michelangelo's main
             goal and the love of his life. Since his art portrayed both optimism and
             pessimism, Michelangelo was in touch with his positive and negative sides,
             showing that he had a great and stable personality.
             Michelangelo's artwork consisted of paintings and sculptures that showed
             humanity in it's natural state. Michelangelo Buonarroti was called to Rome in
             1505 by Pope Julius II to create for him a monumental tomb. We have no
             clear sense of what the tomb was to look like, since over the years it went
             through at least five conceptual revisions. The tomb was to have three levels;
             the bottom level was to have sculpted figures representing Victory and bond
             slaves. The second level was to have statues of Moses and Saint Paul as
             well as symbolic figures of the active and contemplative life- representative
             of the human striving for, and reception of, knowledge. The third level, it is
             assumed, was to have an effigy of the dec...