num_pages: 384
description: There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be, wrote Vasari in his Lives of Artists. The extraordinary story behind Michelangelo's masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel - from the author of the acclaimed Brunelleschi's Dome. In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling
language: English
title: Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
titlecomplete: Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
characters: Michelangelo, Pope Julius II
genres: Art History, Biography, Historical, Religion, Italy, European History, Nonfiction, Architecture, Art, History
ratings_count: 36418
places: Rome, Vatican City
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: PIMLICO