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Michelangelo: His Epic Life by Martin Gayford (Paperback, 2017)
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By Martin Gayford. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children. Author Martin Gayford. Narrator Matthew Beard. Subtitle His Epic Life. Author Biography. Birth 1927. Review Text.
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A new biography of Michelangelo by the acclaimed author of Constable in Love and The Yellow House. 'An absorbing book, beautifully told and with the writer fully in command of a huge body of research' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life. At 31 he 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 Michelangelo 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. 'It is a measure of Michelangelo's magnitude, and Gayford's skill in capturing it, that you finish this book wishing that Michelangelo had lived longer and created more' Rachel Spence, FT 'One of our most distinguished writers on what makes modern artists tick . . . It is very difficult to cut through the thicket of generations of scholarship and say anything new about David, the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement, the Basilica of St Peter's or many of Michelangelo's other masterpieces, but Gayford manages to do so by encouraging us to think - and look - at both the obvious and the overlooked' Sunday Telegraph 'Only the most ambitious biographer can take on the talent of Michelangelo Buonarroti' The TimesProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241299425
eBay Product ID (ePID)233604309
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Book TitleMichelangelo: His Epic Life
AuthorMartin Gayford
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages688 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height231mm
Item Width148mm
Item Weight1338g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMartin Gayford
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 20 Jun, 2022
A book for life to return to again and again for inspiration. Thank you.
Michelangelo - his life explained in detail with many beautiful photos. A book for life to return to again and again for inspiration. Thank you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Dec, 2024
Excellent with lots of new research.
Adding important insights to an already crowded field of books on the great artist.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
