Michelangelo: His Epic Life
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At thirty one, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his enemies, to be an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser).For decade after decade, he worked near the dynamic centre of events: the vortex at which European history was changing from Renaissance to Counter Reformation. Few of his works - including the huge frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, the marble giant David and the Last Judgment - were small or easy to accomplish. Like a hero of classical mythology - such as Hercules, whose statue he carved in his youth - he was subject to constant trials and labours.In Michelangelo Martin Gayford describes what it felt like to be Michelangelo Buonarroti, and how he transformed forever our notion of what an artist could be.
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Superb Book, fabulous information and photographs. You will most certainly not have learned these facts in school! If you want to know just about everything that can be known, this is a great book to spend some time with. The story is as good as the art. One must always remember while reading, that the time and place this artist grew up and lived in... be prepared to transcend the urge to compare with modern artists, or see the story and art through modern eyes. All the fabulous artists from this time period were so very different, life was different... the art certainly blossomed because of that, we have nothing like it today.