Full of medieval intrigue and colour, The Agony and the Ecstasy is
a biographical novel which transports us to Renaissance Florence in
Italy, where a teenage Michelangelo is received into apprenticeship
by an old man with an eye for talent. He grows up to be an artist
driven by his love of art, his desire to immitate nature to the
point where the distinction between reality and fabrication blurs.
His time is one of turbulence, when the Medici family holds sway
over the city, and the women in his life play a prominent role in
his development as artist. A galloping read and an insight into the
life and times of one of the world's greatest artists. (Kirkus UK)
Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo.His timeThe turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola.His lovesThe frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love, his greatest love - the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna.His geniusA God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known.
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