The Agony And The Ecstasy

Name: The Agony And The Ecstasy
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SKU: 9780099416272
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By Irving Stone

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The Agony and the Ecstasy is a powerful biographical novel that brings to life Michelangelo Buonarroti amid the turbulence of the Renaissance. The story follows his encounters with poisonings, warring popes, and the influential Medici family. It explores his complex loves, including the daughter of Lorenzo de Medici, Marco Aldovrandi's mistress, and his greatest love Vittoria Colonna. Stone illustrates Michelangelo's God-driven fury that produced some of the world's most celebrated art, including the David, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and St Peter's dome.
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This evocative novel will appeal to readers interested in historical fiction, Renaissance art, and passionate biographies of great artists.

The Agony And The Ecstasy

Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo.

His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola.

His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici;

The classic biographical novel of Michelangelo.

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The Agony And The Ecstasy is the classic biographical novel of Michelangelo, brought to life by Irving Stone's powerful and passionate writing.

His time — the turbulent Renaissance, an era marked by poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, and the fanatic monk Savonarola — serves as the vibrant backdrop of this narrative.

His loves include the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici, the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi, and his last and greatest love, the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna.

His genius is depicted as a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known.

Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling, and architect of the dome of St Peter's, lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone's marvellous book.

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Review: "[Stone] has painted the portrait of a supreme craftsman who was also one of the most versatile artists of all time."

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ISBN: 9780099416272

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 1990

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 415g

Pages: 784

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About the Author

Irving Stone was born in San Francisco in 1903 and received his B. A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923 and his Master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1924. He wrote plays and supported himself by writing detective stories until the publication of Lust for Life, his first novel, in 1934, Stone called his work 'bio-history' and based his novels on meticulous and extensive research into the lives of the historical characters at the heart of his novels. He married his editor, Jean Factor, in 1934. He founded the Academy of American Poets in 1962. He died in Los Angeles in 1989.

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