num_pages: 777
description: This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His 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 a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of "David", painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St Peter's, lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone's marvellous book.
language: English
title: The Agony and the Ecstasy
titlecomplete: The Agony and the Ecstasy
characters: Pope Clement VII, Francesco Granacci, Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent), Pope Julius II, Pietro Torrigiani, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo
genres: Art, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Art History, Literature, Italy, Classics, Fiction, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 89098
places: Rome, Italy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Arrow