description: Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo’s David, New American Library releases a special edition of Irving Stone’s classic biographical novel—in which both the artist and the man are brought to life in full. A masterpiece in its own right, this novel offers a compelling portrait of Michelangelo’s dangerous, impassioned loves, and the God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known.
language: English
title: The Agony and the Ecstasy
titlecomplete: The Agony and the Ecstasy
characters: Francesco Granacci, Pietro Torrigiani, Leonardo da Vinci, Pope Clement VII, Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent), Pope Julius II, Michelangelo
genres: Classics, Historical, Italy, Biography Memoir, Novels, Art History, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 89108
places: Italy, Rome, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Books on Tape