Best Biography Of Michelangelo - April 2024

Leonardo da Vinci

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501139169
• ASIN: 1501139169
• ISBN: 1501139169
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces

This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces: “The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on his home turf” (The Dallas Morning News).Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture, a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. Throughout his long career he clashed with patrons by insisting that he had no master but his own demanding muse. Michelangelo was ambitious, egotistical, and difficult, but through the towering force of genius and through sheer pugna... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00HB62M66
• ASIN: B00HB62M66
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself.Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and wins the commission to carve what will become one of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XQ544VG
• ASIN: B06XQ544VG
• Brand: Arcade Publishing
• Manufacturer: Arcade

The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

Irving Stone’s classic biographical novel of Michelangelo—the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life. His time—the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, and the all-powerful de'Medici family... His loves—the 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 genius—a God-driven fury from which he wrested brilliant work that made a grasp for heaven unmatched in half... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451171357
• ASIN: 0451171357
• ISBN: 9780451171351
• Brand: Signet
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Michelangelo

In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a new view of the artist. Not only a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Michelangelo was also an aristocrat who firmly believed in the ancient, noble origins of his family. The belief in his patrician status fueled his lifelong ambition to improve his family's financial situation and to raise the social standing of artists. Michelangelo's ambitions are evident in his writing, dress and comportment, as well as in his ability to befriend, influence and occasionally say 'no' to popes, kings and princes. Written from... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009019U74
• ASIN: B009019U74
• Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican

The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Artwork The recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous and beloved art treasures.Some images that appeared in the print edition of this book are unavailable in the electronic edition due to rights reasons.

• ASIN: B0017SYOTM
• ASIN: B0017SYOTM
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning)

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.

• ASIN: 0935607099
• UPC: 884648422284
• ASIN: 0935607099
• ISBN: 0935607099
• Brand: GRYPHON HOUSE
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture

With an engaging text by renowned Michelangelo scholar William E. Wallace, Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture brings together in one exquisite volume the powerful sculptures, the awe-inspiring paintings, and the classical architectural works of one of the greatest artists of all time. Including everything from his sculptures Pietàs and David to his beautiful paintings of the Sistine Chapel and the Doni Tondo, the book provides an opportunity to view Michelangelo’s work as never before, and to more fully understand the artist who, through his work, spoke of his life... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0789318873
• ASIN: 0789318873
• ISBN: 0789318873
• Brand: Brand: Universe
• Manufacturer: Universe

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir

Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers.  Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. Searching to make sense of the popular concept of the crazy artist, she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1592407323
• ASIN: 1592407323
• ISBN: 9781592407323
• Brand: Gotham Books
• Manufacturer: Avery

Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer

A comprehensive and breathtakingly illustrated presentation of the genius of Michelangelo by the world’s leading expert on the artist The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design.  Featuring more than 200 drawings as well as paintings, sculpture, and architectural plans and views, this authoritative examines Michelangelo as “the divine draftsman and designer” whose work, according to Giorgio Vasari, embodied the unity of the arts.  Carmen C. Bambach delivers a thor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1588396371
• ASIN: 1588396371
• ISBN: 9781588396372
• Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to.  Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages.  Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man who lived at a fascinating time—Italy during the Renaissance.

• ASIN: 0448443015
• ASIN: 0448443015
• ISBN: 0448443015
• Brand: Grosset & Dunlap
• Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

Michelangelo: Pietà

Author and photographer Robert Hupka writes: "Pieta, an Italian word meaning 'pity', 'compassion', 'sorrow', is derived from the Latin pietas,, signifying 'loyalty to the highest degree......a profound love that neither life nor death can destroy.' The classic meaning of the word pieta is the whole-souled abiding in the Divine Will, but it is also the name traditionally given to works of art representing the dead body of Christ in the arms of His Mother. All photographs were taken at the World's Fair, some during the preparations for the statue's crating. I was in the fortunate position of pho... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0517524147
• ASIN: 0517524147
• ISBN: 0517524147
• Brand: Brand: Crown
• Manufacturer: Crown

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made

• ASIN: B00768DB2S
• ASIN: B00768DB2S
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Michelangelo

When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter's family. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. It certainly didn't come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he asked to become an artists apprentice.But Michelangelo persevered. His early sculptures caught the attention of Florence's great ruler, Lorenzo de' Medici, who invited the boy to be educated with his own sons. Soon after, Michelangelo was astonishing people with the lifelike creations he wrested from marble--from the heartbreaking Pieta he sculp... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060521139
• ASIN: 0060521139
• ISBN: 0060521139
• Brand: HarperCollins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

Leonardo da Vinci: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Painters Book 1)

Leonardo da VinciCreativity is in our bones. It is found in our very DNA, something not known to Leonardo da Vinci or anyone else who lived in his day and time. All he did was to uncover the hidden genius which lay within himself, and he used that inner genius to the very best of his abilities. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for some of the world's most masterful paintings, but he was so much more than merely another artist with paints and brushes. Born to a peasant woman in 1452, Leonardo would go on to astound the world he lived in with his artistry and his inventions.Inside you will read a... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MSL98U2
• ASIN: B01MSL98U2

Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

"Tremendously entertaining and 'unapologetic' in its artistic license, Oil and Marble will remind an older generation of the pleasures of Irving Stone's art historical fiction." -- Maxwell Carter, New York

• UPC: 993004249
• Rating: 3.833

The Agony and the Ecstasy : A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

Dramatizes the life of the artistic genius Michelangelo, recalls his love affairs, his disputes with cardinals and popes, and his years of working on the Sistine

• UPC: 440678
• Rating: 4.071

Turtles Were Named After Them! Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo - Biography Books for Kids 6-8 Children's Biography Books

Your child probably knows the ninja turtles but does he/she know who Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo really are? In this book, your child will know the legendary painters who changed art history forever. This

• UPC: 996727561

Michelangelo

With her lively narrative and superb illustrations, Stanley captures the life of an artist whose work amazes to this day, and provides a thrilling introduction for young readers to Michelangelo's work and the colorful world

• UPC: 25246195
• Rating: 4.429

The Agony and the Ecstasy : A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

A classic historical novel honoring the five hundredth anniversary of the artist's famed David sculpture dramatizes the life of the Renaissance artistic genius Michelangelo, recalls his love affairs, his disputes with cardinals and popes, and

• UPC: 2641977
• Rating: 4.071

The Electric Michelangelo

A finalist for the 2004 Man Booker Prize, this "wildly imagined and richly written" ("The Independent") portrait of love and art, set in the years between the two world wars, "confirms Hall's status as one

• UPC: 25954998
• Rating: 3.846

Michelangelo Buonarroti (SparkNotes Biography Guide) - eBook

Michelangelo Buonarroti (SparkNotes Biography Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Biography Guides examine the lives of historical luminaries, from Alexander the Great to Virginia Woolf. Each biography guide includes:An examination of the historical context in which

• UPC: 899765378

Michelangelo Spirit Walkers - eBook

What would you do if one day you woke up from a really nasty dream to find yourself in the body of a cat? That’s exactly what happened to me. My name is Michael, well

• UPC: 532564886

Michelangelo And David The Untold Love Story - eBook

I held Michelangelo's diary to my breast. Tears of gratitude welled in my eyes along with my determination to see this vision of undying love as soon as possible. As I entered the Hall of

• UPC: 127182731

The Michelangelo Legacy: A Portrait of Francesca - eBook

She could never have imagined that a simple glass of red wine would change her life forever. Her living portrait; who was David this new man in her life? What do her dreams of Florence

• UPC: 190484168

Michelangelo by Howard hibbard the best summary of Michelangelo's life & times

• UPC: 273955073967
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 6 USD

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, (The Modern library of the world's best...

• UPC: 193194545124
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 14 USD

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, (The Modern library of the world's best...

• UPC: 143517637878
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 14 USD