\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \pard\tx150\tx870\tx1590\tx2310\tx3030\tx3750\tx4470\tx5190\tx5910\tx6630\ATXts240\qj\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs24 At the beginning of 1506, Pop
e \b \cf4 \ATXht405 Julius II\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 decided to entrust the decoration of the vault to \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Michelangelo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Buonarroti, but the artist committed to the project of the tomb of Julius ll opposed a firm resistance until 15
08 when he signed a contract for 3,000 ducats for implementing the twelve apostoles in the pendentives and for a "certain part full of ornaments.ö The work began on May 10th of that same year. \par
The project was immediately changed for almost double t
he figure because the artist seemed "so poor," and the result was the magnificent decoration which we still see today.\par
