num_pages: 768
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: Michelangelo, Pietro Torrigiani, Francesco Granacci, Pope Julius II, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent), Pope Clement VII
genres: Fiction, Historical, Art History, Italy, Literature, Classics, Novels, Biography Memoir, Art, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 89112
places: Florence, Tuscany, Rome, Italy
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Signet