The author admirably attains this aim, an original one. . . . A hundred and eighteen pages of text, impeccably provided with precise footnotes, supplemented with a bibliography and an index of those of Michelangelo's drawings mentioned in the text. . . . Lucidly written, the book should interest a wide audience. It brings together figural and architectural drawings, and omits drawings concerned with military engineering. The book includes an ample array of illustrations, and reference is made to Tolnay's Corpus for Michelangelo drawings not reproduced.
Excellent indices make the volume convenient to use. . . .
Hirst has written a useful introduction to one of the world's great draftsmen.