William E. Wallace

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian Renaissance. As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began...

Finalist for the Marfield Prize (The National Award for Arts Writing), Arts Club of Washington The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades—and his transformation into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica As he entered his seventies, Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were over. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger...

In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice's famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian's drama-infused, richly coloured works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realised he had met a worthy opponent. Twenty-five years later, Titian came to Rome to paint the pope, and the two met again. Painting...