The Agony and the Ecstasy
Subtitle: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
Publisher: NAL Trade
Published: September 7, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9780451213235
First sentence: HE SAT before the mirror of the second-floor bedroom sketching his lean cheeks with their high bone ridges, the flat broad forehead, and ears too far back on the head, the dark hair curling forward in thatches, the amber-colored eyes wide-set but heavy-lidded.
Description: Dramatizes the life of the Renaissance artistic genius Michelangelo, recalls his love affairs, his disputes with cardinals and popes, and his years of working on the Sistine Chapel.