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. Author Irving Stone was born in San Francisco on July 14, 1903. He wrote several books in a genre that he coined the "biographical novel," which recounted the lives of well-known historical figures. In these novels, Stone interspersed biography with fictional narrative on the psychology and private lives of his subjects. He also wrote biographies of Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren, and short biographies of men who lost presidential elections. He died on August 26, 1989.
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