About The Sonnets of Michelangelo & Tommaso Campanella “If I was made for art, from childhood given A prey for burning beauty to devour, I blame the mistress I was born to serve.” The Sonnets of Michelangelo and Tommaso Campanella is a collection of Italia Renaissance poems by celebrated sculptor and painter Michelangelo and Dominican friar, philosopher and poet Tommaso Campanella. Featuring the English translation by John Addington Symonds, first published in 1877, these fascinating and often personal and inspirational poems, explore themes of love, art, religion and politics.