Fine Arts Reserve Chapters on the High Renaissance in Florence and the High Renaissance in Rome especially useful. Dictionary of Art . Jane Turner, ed. The article on Michelangelo in Volume 21 provides an excellent overview of Michelangelo and his sculpture and architecture in particular. The index volume is a bit convoluted, but help is available at the Fine Arts service desk.
Bibliographies are excellent.
N 31 E533 Fine Arts Reference Article on Michelangelo is still useful, but do not use the bibliography. Use the Dictionary of Art for up to date bibliographies Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects . Adolf K. Plazek, ed. Iconography Encyclopedia of World Art. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art .