num_pages: 774
description: 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: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
titlecomplete: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
characters: Pope Julius II, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent), Pietro Torrigiani, Michelangelo, Francesco Granacci, Pope Clement VII
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Novels, Italy, Art History, Biography Memoir, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 89100
places: Rome, Italy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Signet