550 years ago today, Michelangelo was born in Caprese. Centuries later, his influence shaped artists far beyond the Renaissance. Thomas Hart Benton, steeped in Michelangelo’s lessons, passed them—however unwillingly—to Jackson Pollock. Pollock once said Benton "came face to face with Michelangelo… and lost." | UNUM Ken Burns
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550 years ago today, Michelangelo was born in Caprese. Centuries later, his influence shaped artists far beyond the Renaissance. Thomas Hart Benton, steeped in Michelangelo’s lessons, passed them—however unwillingly—to Jackson Pollock. Pollock once said Benton "came face to face with Michelangelo… and lost." | UNUM Ken Burns
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