ICSE Class 8 Answered

He believed Bramante wronged him at least three times. First, Bramante talked Pope Julius out of building his tomb. “It’ll bring bad luck, Holiness,” he told him. This was the greatest disappointment of Michelangelo’s life and the cause of trouble and worry for years. Julius had already approved his magnificent design and Michelangelo had spent months quarrying the marble for the statues. He had even set himself up near St. Peter’s and started carving.

Next, Bramante talked the Pope into giving Michelangelo the commission to paint the vault of the Sistine Chapel.  Michelangelo was a sculptor, not a painter, and a project like that meant very evident failure if he couldn’t master the art of fresco painting. He hated the prospect and tried to refuse but ended up having to obey the Pope.

And finally, once Bramante saw that Michelangelo was successful as a painter and earning praise for his spectacular paintings in the Sistine, he tried to have the job taken away from him and given to his protégé and fellow townsman Raphael of Urbino.